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Author Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock, 1927-2008.

Title Guests of the Sheik : an ethnography of an Iraqi village / Elizabeth Warnock Fernea.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, 1989.

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  306.0956 FER    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  306.0956 FERNEA    Check Shelf
Edition Anchor Books edition.
Description 346 pages ; 21 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Night journey: arrival in the village -- The sheik's harem -- Women of the tribe -- Women of the town -- Gypsies -- Housekeeping in El Nahra -- Problems of purdah -- I meet the sheik -- Ramadan -- The feast -- Moussa's house -- Weddings -- Salima -- One wife or four -- Summer -- Hussein -- Muharram -- Pilgrimage to Karbala -- Autumn -- Excursion into the country -- Winter -- Jabbar becomes engaged -- Death in the tribe and in the town -- At home in El Nahra -- Back to Baghdad -- Leave-taking.
Subject Women -- Iraq -- Nahr.
Nahr (Iraq) -- Social life and customs.
ISBN 0385014856
9780385014854
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