Al Badia (The Syrian Steppe)
March 12th 2011 I've been to Al Badia three times now on field trips to our worksites, to visit some stakeholders, and to visit some of the communities nearby. I've had many cups of tea and strong arabic coffee. Al Badia is technically not a desert. It's "almost desert" with low mountains and vast rocky plains, where Bediouin chase sparse areas of greenery to graze their sheep, and villages huddle around oases wi
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