от красного моря до атлантического океана паралелльно средиземному морю протянулась полоса контролируемая кочевыми племенами бедуинов.
фактически это квазигосударство - т.к. границ там нет - они шляются туда сюда как хотят.
карты расселения найти не удалось. что пишет вики?

Saudi Arabia 1,000,000
Libya 910,000 (2010) [1]
Jordan 1% - 40% (Ruling Class)
Egypt- mainly in Sinai 380,000 (2007) [2]
Israel 170,000 (1999) [3]
Syria
Sudan
Чем они отличаются от берберов?
Berbers represent the major ethnic origin in North Africa, but they were significantly Arabized following the Muslim conquest during the medieval period. The majority of the Maghreb today consisting of Arab and Arabized Berber populations. No clear line can be drawn culturally between Berber, Arabized Berber and Arab people of North Africa.
Regarding the remaining populations that speak a Berber language, they account for about half of the Moroccan population and a third of the Algerian, besides smaller communities in Libya and Tunisia, and very small groups in Egypt and Mauritania. Tuareg Berber spread southwards to Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. Some 600,000 Tuareg Berbers live in Mali and 400,000 in Niger.[29]
Prominent Berber groups include the Kabyles of northern Algeria, who number about 4 million and have kept, to a large degree, their original language and culture; and the Shilha or Chleuh (French, from Arabic Shalh and Shilha ašəlḥi) of south Morocco, numbering about 8 million. Other groups include the Riffians of north Morocco, the Shawiya language of Algeria, and the Tuareg of the Sahara.
Though stereotyped in the West as nomads, most Berbers were in fact traditionally farmers, living in mountains relatively close to the Mediterranean coast, or oasis dwellers; but the Tuareg and Zenaga of the southern Sahara, were nomadic. Some groups, such as the Chaouis, practiced transhumance.
Political tensions have arisen between some Berber groups (especially the Kabyle) and North African governments over the past few decades, partly over linguistic and cultural issues; for instance, in Morocco, giving children Berber names was banned.
[edit]Diaspora

Berbers set up colonies in Mauritania[30] near the Malian imperial capital of Timbuktu.[31]
There are about 2.2 million Berber immigrants in Europe, especially the Riffians and the Kabyles in the Netherlands, Belgium and France.[32]
Notable Europeans of Berber origins include Zinedine Zidane born to Kabyle parents, Isabelle Adjani's father, Edith Piaf's grandmother[33

что то мне кажется что товарищи решили власть в свои руки взять. по всей северной африке. ага.