Sandstorms, called the wind of poison, drove a Bedouin survival-tale sub-genre

Evidence

Sandstorms (rih al-samum, ‘the wind of poison’) were the great natural danger of the Arabian desert. Tales of survival in sandstorms are a Bedouin sub-genre of their own. — , A Year of World Stories, 2975

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the term rih al-samum and identifies the survival-tale sub-genre.