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Guests of the Sheik by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
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.
In 1956, Elizabeth Warnock Fernea and her husband Robert Fernea made their first trip to the Arab East. Professor Fernea wrote The Arab World with Robert Fernea, as well as works about Egypt and Morocco, after her debut book, Guests of the Sheik. She also directed five films about Arab women's life. In 2008, she passes away.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780385014854 |
| ISBN 10 | 0385014856 |
| Title | Guests of the Sheik |
| Author | Elizabeth Warnock Fernea |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Year published | 1995-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |