Guests of the Sheik
An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village
eISBN-13: 9780307773784
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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.
| Sold By | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
|---|---|
| ISBNs | 0385014856, 0307773787, 0385014856, 9780385014854, 9780307773784, 9780385014854 |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 368 |