Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village, (Paperback)

from aajay

Account of author's year long life as veiled observer in small village in southern Iraq in 1956(?) just before the revolution which violently overthrew the royal family and eventually led to reign ...

from DCArchitect

'The Guest of the Sheik' is the story of the author's two year stay in a conservative Iraqi village in the 1950s. Ms. Fernea's account is, due to the conservatism of the village, almost entirely th...

from Hebephrene

First of all this book was written in 1958. I was fooled by the cover which made it look more contemporary. But this is my fault since I never checked the publication date until the author mentione...

from neesie913

Positively outstanding! I felt like I was right there with "Bee Ja". I actually cried at the end and hated that the story was over. ;)

from neesie913

Positively outstanding! I felt like I was right there with "Bee Ja". I actually cried at the end and hated that the story was over. ;)