tribal society

As an Arab sociologist puts it, in a tribal society you do not buy loyalty, you only rent it.

The Indian state evolved from a tribal society, and the tribal raja's authority was limited by his kinsmen.

They are a primitive species of canine-muzzled humanoids that arrange themselves in a simple, tribal society.

In a tribal society, where honour and sacrifice are prized , many Pakistanis are expected to give a sympathy vote to the PPP.

Mr Saleh is a consummate manipulator of Yemen's complex tribal society and still has the loyalty of the armed forces.

Meanwhile, because the political party emerges from the womb of the traditional tribal society, exists the obvious limitation.

In Yemen, a deeply tribal society, the issue of child marriages is a complicated one.

Music and dancing were activities involving the whole of tribal society.

Then does this simply mean that in this largely tribal society.

The Pashtuns are, famously, the largest tribal society in the world.

"Because we are a tribal society, we didn't do posters with pictures, " says Na'if.

"This is still a tribal society, " says a diplomat in Sana'a.

A bit of fraud is inevitable in any young democracy, he says, but Afghanistan is a tribal society where "people vote collectively" ;