9780385014854-0385014856-Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village

Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village

ISBN-13: 9780385014854
ISBN-10: 0385014856
Edition: Reissue
Author: Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: Anchor
Format: Paperback 368 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780385014854
ISBN-10: 0385014856
Edition: Reissue
Author: Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: Anchor
Format: Paperback 368 pages

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Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village (ISBN-13: 9780385014854 and ISBN-10: 0385014856), written by authors Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, was published by Anchor in 1995. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other African History (United States History, Asian History, Iraq, Middle East History, Israel & Palestine, Yemen, Military History, Women in History, World History, Women's Studies, Cultural, Anthropology) books. You can easily purchase or rent Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used African History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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A delightful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study, this is an account of Fernea's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman. This volume gives 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.

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