Al-Za’boout in the Marketplace: Bedouin Folktale from Jordan’s Desert Tribes
In the vast deserts of the Jordanian Badia, where tribes like Bani Hassan and Al-Sirhan roamed for centuries, stories were carried from tent to tent with the same ease as desert winds. One such tale revolved around a peculiar creature known as Al-Za’boout, a small, hairy, dwarf-like being whose antics were legendary among the Bedouin. He was neither wicked nor
