ARAB TENTS SUMMIT

Nouakchott city (June 27, 2016) Mauritania is hosting the Arab Summit in the biggest tent it ever made to overcome the issue of logistic challenges. It is acceptable for the Arab nomads to stay in tents for 48 hours . They used to be comfortable in their countryside villages or hideouts rather than any international first class luxury residence.

Even in the 21st century, Mauritanian tents are still the ultimate solution when it comes to hosting VIP arrivals.

(May 3, 2016), President Mohamed Abdel Aziz told a political rally in in the capital of Mauritanian East Nema city that his Government is keen to organize the coming Arab Summit even under tents, if there is no available, adequate logistical infrastructures.

Politically, Mauritania has a long history with the use of the tents, the only temporary shelters in the hot dry desert. 

In 1960, the first ceremony of National Independence was organized under the rural tents. 

The main programs of Presidential and Municipal Electoral campaigns were promoted in the desert tents. The last Presidential Election of 2013 was not an exception. Commercially, Mauritania Telecom operating companies had used the handmade traditional tents as temporary marketing agencies  to sell subscriptions, SIM cards and credits. Socially, local tribal gatherings, formal meetings, and informal receptions are all organized under the tents as well. The tents are the best flexible infrastructure to use rapidly. They have been widely adopted and popularly exploited by desert communities. Such tents have witnessed Mauritania’s happiest history and saddest occasions.

Presently, it is still vivid in the popular mind that most of Mauritania’s modern elite official leaders were born and raised in the desert tents that are open to all the wind directions. With a free mind in the open air, the desert populations have lived happily. 

In fact, some people are nostalgic about the past traditional life of the older generations. Mauritanians would love to revive that romantic experience by celebrating any significant events in the desert rural tents.

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