A tale of folklore and murder, set in the SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village
Location(s): Iraq
Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
Era(s): late 20th century
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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