Nomad. A member of a people having no permanent abode. Origin. Late 16th C. from French nomade, via Latin from Greek nomas, nomad, “roaming in search of pasture”, from the base nemein, “to pasture”.
Digital Nomad. A person who earns a living in various locations of their choosing.
-Oxford English Dictionaries
Who is the Nomad and who is the Digital Nomad? KhairAllah’s son Soliman now sends emails, JPEGs, and MP3s of his father’s photos and greetings to the Khawajas. It was not always so; when KhairAllah was on the Darb, I could only send messages through Mahdi and Sayyid abu Jaib, delivered to them over the phone which they passed along when he was in Cairo or Khartoum, infrequently. I never heard back until KhairAllah went digital.