Guests of the Sheik
Download or Read eBook Guests of the Sheik PDF written by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1995-10-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Elizabeth Warnock Fernea |
| Publisher | : Anchor |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 1995-10-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780385014854 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0385014856 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Guests of the Sheik by : Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Book excerpt: A delightful account of one woman's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman. "A most enjoyable book abouut [Muslim women]—simple, dignified, human, colorful, sad and humble as the life they lead." —Muhsin Mahdi, Jewett Professor of Arabic Literature, Harvard Unversity. A wonderful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study that offers a unique insight into a part of the Midddle Eastern life seldom seen by the West.
