Only a minority of Nomads have lived and still live in the actual desert. Like anywhere on Earth most of the population is consolidated around the fertile areas. Of which there are more than enough in the Arab world. Arabs aren't nearly as resourceful as you think they are.
Cold is far more dangerous than heat. You just need a source of water and you're good. Winter on the other hand? You'll have to be well prepared or you die. Winter is also far less pleasant than eternal dry heat which is why most Arab and African illegal immigrants fuck off right back home when they stop getting paid for being criminal scum.
And deserts have less fertile soil than an archipelago. Less of pretty much everything in fact, except evil bugs and sand.
Only a minority of Nomads have lived and still live in the actual desert. Like anywhere on Earth most of the population is consolidated around the fertile areas. Of which there are more than enough in the Arab world. Arabs aren't nearly as resourceful as you think they are.
Cold is far more dangerous than heat. You just need a source of water and you're good. Winter on the other hand? You'll have to be well prepared or you die. Winter is also far less pleasant than eternal dry heat which is why most Arab and African illegal immigrants fuck off right back home when they stop getting paid for being criminal scum.
I don't think they're resourceful. I think they're vermin.
One doesn't necessarily exclude the other.