The Tuareg are deep desert Berbers, who live in the Sahara. They have been there since pre-history, probably from days when the Sahara was green and lush. They believe that they are the original Egyptians who built the pyramids, pushed out by the Arabs to first build their Garamantian empire and then take refuge in the desert. They are matriarchal; the men are veiled. The tomb of Tin Hinan, their great queen, from the 400s, was “found” by the French in Algeria. She united the clans into the first great Tuareg kingdom. Their language is Afro-Asiatic, (the mother of six language groups, including the Semitic) and might even be the original. Their alphabet is ancient Phoenician. https://www.artpal.com/joeldhirst?i=319328-36

I also wrote a novel about the Tuareg and the 2012 civil war (which has since restarted). If you buy the painting, I’ll throw in a signed copy of the novel: