Guests of the Sheik

An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village

Nonfiction, History, Middle East, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&
Cover of the book Guests of the Sheik by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Elizabeth Warnock Fernea ISBN: 9780307773784
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: November 3, 2010
Imprint: Anchor Language: English
Author: Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
ISBN: 9780307773784
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: November 3, 2010
Imprint: Anchor
Language: English

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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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.

More books from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Cover of the book The Lost Symbol: Special Illustrated Edition by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Cover of the book The Gay Science by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Cover of the book From the Holy Mountain by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Cover of the book Scales of Gold by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Cover of the book The Mercy by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Cover of the book Cinderella and Company by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Cover of the book Cherries in Winter by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Cover of the book The Journals by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Cover of the book ¡Gool! by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Cover of the book The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Cover of the book World War IV by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Cover of the book The Dark Frontier by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Cover of the book Going Hungry by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Cover of the book The Drunkard's Walk by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Cover of the book El país de las mujeres by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy