Bedouins define themselves as members of tribes and families. People are divided into social classes, depending on ancestry and profession. Passing from one class to another is relatively feasible, but marriage between a man and a woman of different classes is difficult. Up through all of recorded history poetry has been a central cultural form of expression for the Bedouins, and in early centuries of Muslim history, Bedouin poetry represented the ideal standard for other literary achievements, as well as for Arabic language. Bedouins are predominantly Muslims , while there are small groups of Christians in Palestine and Syria .
Food eaten by Bedouins upholding traditional lifestyles, are dairy products, milk and meat.
Bedouins sell, and barter products, in order to obtain agricultural foodstuff from sedentary peoples. Bedouins live in in tents made out of goat or camel hair, as well as fibres from plants. These tents are normally in black colour. As for more temporary settlements, Bedouins construct simple, unadorned houses, built from mud and stone. New territories became Syria and Egypt .