Camel Raiding

TODAY I finished reading Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands, which I bought at Foyles in Charring Cross Road prior to flying to Malta on Saturday.
It is his account of spending many months with Bedouin over five years following World War 2.
Thesiger explored areas of the notorious Empty Quarter, usually being the first Westerner to reach the parts he traversed.

Penguin Classics' edition of Arabian sands

He stoically endured incredible hardship, often while being tracked by fanatical rival tribesmen determined to kill the "infidel" in their midst.
Later in life Thesiger was honoured by authorities in the Arabian Peninsula, who acknowledged his realistic portrayal of Bedouin life that paid tribute to the men who helped him without romanticising their lives or overlooking their faults.
I bought it primarily because I love travel books, but anyone interested in skirmish-gaming Arab raids and tribal fighting would find plenty to interest and inform.