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Fields located on the central plateau and crestline are owned billamis, literally “by touch,” i.e., by the process of preparing and working the field.
- Source: Behnke, Roy H. The Herders of Cyrenaica: ecology, economy and kinship among the Bedouin of Eastern Libya. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1980.
- Culture: Libyan Bedouin
- Location: Africa