Desert Voices: Bedouin Women's Poetry in Saudi Arabia - Paperbackby Moneera Al Ghadeer (Author) The Bedouin, or 'desert dwellers', have a rich cultural heritage often expressed through music and poetry. Here, Moneera Al Ghadeer provides us with the first comparative reading of women's oral poetry from Saudi Arabia. She examines women's lyrics of love, desire, mourning and grievance. We come to understand Bedouin mores and most significantly the unique description of a desert that is consistently held to be