This paper focuses on the information practices of the Bedouin refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. Much discussion has taken place concerning the displacement and impoverishment of people caused by the prolonged conflict in Syria. A topic less studied, however, is the information poverty of the refugees. To this, the nomadic and semi-nomadic Bedouin are among the most susceptible. The Bedouin have lacked access to formal education and modern media, relying on their oral tradition and tribal heritage. When people are displaced by the war, even the traditional forms of communication become endangered. While members of the more notable and influential tribes have been able to find support from their kin in other countries, others have been forced to leave their means of livelihood and flee without much assistance. In Lebanon, refugees with Bedouin background have settled especially in the Bekaa valley. Of the Bedouin who have escaped to Jordan, many have refused to settle in the large Azraq and Zaatari refugee camps, preferring to live in the sparsely populated arid region along the border. Bedouin refugee families also reside in Mafraq, while many seek seasonal agricultural work in the Jordan Valley. Main concepts in this paper are "information poverty", by E. Chatman (1996, 1999), and "information source horizon", established by Sonnenwald (2001) and further studied from a phenomenological perspective by Savolainen and Kari (2004). The ”horizon” is a subjective inner view, a metaphor of an internal and complex process where the individual assesses various sources of information. I will use this concept in order to understand the processes of choosing, using, incorporating, sharing – and ignoring - new information in the construction and representation of knowledge. The main questions are, how the displacement has affected the everyday information practices and the availability of information sources, and how the people's perception of the reliability of sources has changed. Methods include structured and unstructured interviews, participant observation and written questionnaires where appropriate. I am currently doing research in Lebanon, and will conduct fieldwork in Jordan in March, while the survey in Bekaa will take place during summer and autumn 2017. The study is part of my multi-sited ethnographic project where I trace the flow of information in various nomadic communities and analyse the relationship between information behavior and social identity construction. Key words: Information poverty, information behavior, Bedouin, refugees, Jordan, Lebanon.