Safawi is an agglomeration on the so called "Bagdad Road", in north-eastern desert of Jordan. Originally, Safawi was intended as a station on the pipeline foreseen for the routing of oil coming from Iraq to the Mediterranean. The project was finally abandoned and Safawi remained a small village lost in the desert.
Safawi is surrounded by the basalt flows formed by lava coming from the Jabal Druze volcano in South Syria. This very austere environment and the volcanic stones coverage prevent the agricultural development. The main resource has long been the breeding of goats and sheep for meat, milk and wool. However, this economy is strongly threatened by various factors such as an increasingly dry climate, fluctuations in market prices, the abandonment of nomadic life. Moreover, the truck traffic between Jordan and Iraq that used to grant the village with a good benefit in the past has been annihilated by the wars. Many Bedouins are impoverished.
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Previously, wool was used by women to make tents and all kinds of essentials for nomadic life. With the loss of this way of life, the wool resource has lost its interest and value. Currently, animal husbandry is mainly used to meet the family's needs for meat and dairy products. In this context, rural tourism could represent a boost to encourage women to preserve their culture and give value to their products.
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By visiting and staying with them, you will learn about the everyday life in isolated desert village, about the Bedouin wool handicraft, about the plant harvesting (in the spring), the goats and sheep husbandry and about cooking. Moreover, you can, accompanied with locals, make an excursion in the surprising Black Desert.
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