Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village
Nov 2010 · Sold by Anchor
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A delightful account of one woman's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman.
"A most enjoyable book abouut [Muslim women]—simple, dignified, human, colorful, sad and humble as the life they lead." —Muhsin Mahdi, Jewett Professor of Arabic Literature, Harvard Unversity.
A wonderful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study that offers a unique insight into a part of the Midddle Eastern life seldom seen by the West.
"A most enjoyable book abouut [Muslim women]—simple, dignified, human, colorful, sad and humble as the life they lead." —Muhsin Mahdi, Jewett Professor of Arabic Literature, Harvard Unversity.
A wonderful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study that offers a unique insight into a part of the Midddle Eastern life seldom seen by the West.
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July 12, 2013
This book was an incredible read. Wish I had knew her. Shukran gazeelan Elizabeth.
About the author
Elizabeth Warnock Fernea teaches English and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She and her husband, Robert A. Fernea, have traveled extensively throughout North Africa and the Arab Peninsula and are the co-authors of The Arab World.
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