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Guests of the Sheik : an ethnography of an Iraqi village / Elizabeth Warnock Fernea. [Text]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Doubleday 1989Edition: Anchor Books edDescription: 346 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0385014856
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • HQ 1735 .Z9N344 1989 20
LOC classification:
  • HQ1735.Z9 N344 1989
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 the 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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Books Books AIU/NEGST - Tony Wilmot Memorial Library General Stacks General Circulation HQ 1735 .Z9N344 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available R44261F3232
Books Books Nairobi central Business- Campus General Stacks General Circulation HQ 1735.Z9 N344 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available R35405F3232

Includes index.

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 the 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.

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