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07:00 PM » Presentation: Tribal People of the Middle East

When: Wednesday, March 17th at 7:00 P.M.
Where: Z Space - 131 Tenth St. between Mission & Howard in San Francisco
Info: 415.626.4061

A slide presentation on the nomads of Iran and the Bedouin of the Arabian peninsula, presented by Brid Beeler, Director of Worlds Apart, an educational travel company specializing in the Middle East.

Brid Beeler has made a profession of adventure travel for more than a decade as an expedition leader in the Middle East, in what was once forbidden countries like Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran and Oman. Born in Kinsale on the Irish coast, Brid achieved her dream to travel around the world overland in 1987. Life has since been a migration between the US and the Middle East for more than 15 years to date. In Iran the nomadic tribes believe she was a nomad in another life. In Saudi Arabia and Yemen, she is known respectively as Al Sheikha the Sheikh, and Al Bedwea – the Bedouin.

One of only a handful of women selected, she was invited by the Saudi Arabian government to present a paper at an International Conference in Riyadh on eco-tourism in the Middle East. A published travel writer and photographer, Brid was the facilitator of a documentary on the migration of the Quashqai nomads in Iran in the Spring of 2003. This film is part of a series documenting the last four great migrations on earth.

Founder of Worlds Apart, an educational travel company specializing in the Middle East, with the goal of helping to bridge the gap between the west and east through travel. Brid was Director of Discovery Channel Adventures part of Discovery Communications Inc.