Ah, that's very true Ivanor Gaidin ... but then, he was a leader in the AoL, not an Aiel. Therefore, he'll much more likely make the connection, but I think it would still be Rand's own memory from the columns that would give them the detailed insight.
I have difficulty fully grasping it personally, but it makes sense with their society. For one, those daughters would likely be kidnapped/raped/etc, and they'd be powerless to stop anyone trying to do so and remain with their people. For another, that's kind of the point of the Way of the Leaf...
Yeah, but they've been trying to find a place where they don't have to fear for their lives too. This is the first time since the Hundred Companions went mad that they've had peace. I think they deserve a little break.
Yeah, I believe it was in TGS when either Perrin or Rand are passing through Seanchan lands near Ebou Dar, and they run into Tinkers that are going that way. Tinkers have always kept traveling because they haven't found safety or security anywhere in the world. With the Seanchan they have...
The Jenn Aiel had been traveling for a very long time ... they easily could have gone through Ebou Dar and lost some of their ter'angreal there.
And the Aiel don't consider themselves as having toh to the Tinkers. They consider them to have failed the Aes Sedai as well, just in a different...