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Guests of the Sheik: an ethnography of an Iraqi village
Guests of the Sheik: an ethnography of an Iraqi village
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Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock
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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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Subjects
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History
Manners and customs
Nahr (Iraq) -- Social life and customs
Social life and customs
Social Science
Women
Women -- Iraq -- Nahr
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Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock
Author
Potter, Kirsten
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ISBN
9780385014854
9781541499874
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