There was a story on
This American Life a while back that detailed the story of this Eritrean lady who was successful in saving quite a few of the tahriibi refugees bc she was getting tips and calls from within one of these desert bands. Basically, the Arabs in Sinai catch them as they're passing through, inflict physical torture and hold them hostage for ransom money. There's translation voiceovers of her taped calls with them. It's really shocking, but not.
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https://m.thisamericanlife.org/radi...2/this-call-may-be-recorded-to-save-your-life
On question of if they're human, that's what humanity is. Flawed. Capable of anything. This sole attribution of evil to Arabs specifically or especially is blind. As if human exploitation is exclusive to them. Some ppl are just unsavory humans point blank.