SOME DESERTS OF THE WORLD
Arabian Desert
Arabian Desert, arid region, eastern Egypt, lying between the Mediterranean Sea on the north, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez on the east, the Nubian Desert (along latitude 22° N) on the south, and the Nile River on the west. The western edge of the desert is demarcated by cliffs that rise steeply from the Nile Valley. To the east the terrain, mostly a rugged plateau, slopes upward to a range of jagged volcanic mountains bordering the Red Sea. Elevations in the range, which descends abruptly to the sea, exceed 2135 m (7000 ft). Aridity makes human habitation difficult, but a few small agricultural villages subsist in little basins in the plateau and mountains. Deposits of turquoise, phosphate rock, nitrates, petroleum, salt, and building stone are here, but are of limited economic significance.
The
name Arabian Desert is also applied popularly to the Rub' al Khali (Empty
Quarter), also called the Great Sandy Desert, of the Arabian Peninsula,
one of the hottest and most sparsely inhabited sand
dune deserts of the world.
Source: http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=00450000
People of the desert
Bedouins are nomads who inhabit the Middle East and North Africa. Bedouin is an Arabic word that means “desert dweller.” Many Bedouins are disdainful of any kind of settled life. They generally live in tents so they can move easily. Bedouins generally travel in extended family units headed by a sheik, a position handed down from father to eldest son.
Almost all Bedouins speak Arabic and are Muslims. Bedouins constitute a small minority of the population of the Middle East and North Africa, but they live across a wide area of land
Source: http://datadubai.com/bedouin.htm