Lured by the promise of Arab independence, they raised an army of 6,000 tribesmen to fight the Turks in two years of tough desert warfare.The revolt established the Hashemites as a loyal ally just as the post-war Middle East was beginning to be carved up into British and French zones.
Though named after 19th-century outback camel drivers who hailed from Afghanistan, it's a far cry from their tough desert treks.
Joszef Tvarusko, 25, a Slovakian in the 2nd foreign parachute regiment, died in May 2008 from heatstroke during an exercise in one of the legion's toughest desert training camps, in Djibouti.
For the off-roaders, the annual King of the Hammers race, billed as the toughest desert race in the nation, drawing more than 20,000 spectators and participants, will continue, although its course will have to be redrawn slightly, officials said.
The Fitzgerald family are tough, gritty, desert folk, they've seen a thing or three living out here.
As tough as deserts are, they are also fragile.
Radio adverts, brochures, posters, church meetings and community gatherings all helped put out the message.Vaccinators faced tough terrain – deserts and flooded rivers infested with crocodiles and hippopotamus.
His mother told him "to find the biggest tree over there and stay behind it," something the family agreed might be tough in the desert.
One thing those who remain undecided should take care to guard against is being seduced into plumping for the tough standard (the basic desert entailing sort of moral responsibility) merely because the other is characterized as wimpy.
To set up a city in the desert was tough.
Before arriving in Moab we learned that using straw bales in a wetter, colder environment like the Catskill Mountains, where we plan to build, is a bit tougher than in the desert.
