TY - BOOK AU - Fernea,Elizabeth Warnock TI - Guests of the Sheik: an ethnography of an Iraqi village SN - 0385014856 AV - HQ1735.Z9 N344 1989 U1 - HQ 1735 .Z9N344 1989 20 PY - 1989/// CY - New York PB - Doubleday KW - Women KW - Rome KW - Nahum (bijbelboek) N1 - 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 ER -