Married to a Bedouin Author: Margriet van Geldermalsen Al Obikan First Edition 2008 / 1429 Translator: Salma Khalil Al-Muqaddadi 388 Pages "Where will you stay?" the Bedouin asked. "Why don't you stay with me tonight, in my cave?" He seemed excited – and we were looking for adventure." Thus began the story of Margriet van Geldermalsen, and how the New Zealand nurse came to marry Muhammad Abdullah Othman, a Bedouin and a souvenir seller from the city of Petra.