This experience allows you to connect with desert life and immerse yourself in the wonderful local tradition of storytelling. It begins with an optional activity to help pre-serve the authentic nature of the desert that is the setting for the stories you will hear. The women of Disi cooperative prioritize taking care of their local environment and will take you for a short cleanup of a desert area. They may also bring indige-nous and endangered flora to plant, which is a regular activity for the women in their strive to preserve the nature of Wadi Rum. If it is the right season, instead of plant-ing, you may help them collect roots that they cultivate at the cooperative for planting later in the year. After this, you will settle yourself for the evening in a Bedouin tent to hear stories from the desert.

The hakawati is a storyteller and played a very important role in desert life, in an age before televisions and phones, and in a nomadic life with few belongings. The word hakawati comes from haki (talking) and hikaya (story). The traditional art of storytell-ing was a form of entertainment, and a way to teach important lessons. The hakawati was skilled in engaging their audience and bringing to life the stories, legends, and fables that they told.

Experience this special tradition in the desert of Wadi Rum.

Tourism Experiences:

1. Story telling
2. Hakawati
3. Desert