Every society relies on moral systems to determine how it will run and to differentiate right from wrong. The ideology of morals is imbedded in each individual of a society through the processes of enculturation and socialization. The moral systems of any specific society are what reflect on the individual that makes up the community and these ideas are passed on through social reproduction. The honor and modesty code of the Awlad Ali (Abu-Lughod, 1978-80) is the ability to be able to live up to the standards of their society based on their generosity, loyalty and honor to one another. The Honor and Modesty code is what identifies the Bedouin people as different than their surrounding neighbors, like the Egyptians who they consider of “mixed-blood” and “inferior.” The basis of the honor and modesty code is ASL (blood of ancestry/origin/nobility). Gender roles play an important part in the Bedouin society because the cultural system is a patrilineal one. The idiom of family and kinship serves to emphasize the responsibilities of men in their kin. Which is to protect and care for the ‘weak’ (women and children). Men are independent and the women rely on them. They are the soul providers of their households and must remain that way in order to maintain the level of respect they receive. The basis of having power over someone is known as “gadr” and this refers to someone having control of the most important resources in a society like livestock, wealth and land. The ability of a man being able to live up to the honor code is important because it is linked to his manhood. This is an important aspect in the cultural system of the Bedouin because it is closely linked to being independent and not depending on others. Which is what the Bedouin men must live up to, Abu Lughod mentions this when she states that power “depends on personal courage, assertiveness and wealth, since generosity and hospitality are means of making ot