Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village
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"There are 800 million Muslims in the world today, yet Islam is one of the world's least understood and appreciated religions. The culture of Islamic women and the mystery of a veiled society have endured any number of uninformed or hostile interpretations. Elizabeth Warnock Fernea spent the first two years of her marriage in the 1950s living in El Nahra, a small village in Southern Iraq, and her book is a personal narrative about life behind a veil in a community unaccustomed to Western women. She arrived speaking only a few words of Arabic and feeling dubious about her husband's expectation that she adapt completely to the segregated society in order to accommodate his anthropological study. When she left two years later she was an accepted and loved member of the village, inspired for a lifetime of work in Middle Eastern studies. The story of her life among the Iraqis is eye-opening, written with intellectual honesty as well as love and respect for a seemingly impenetrable society."
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I had to read this book for my Anthropology: World Cultures class and I really enjoyed it. I think I'll offer it up as a bookray and see if anyone's interested.
"There are 800 million Muslims in the world today, yet Islam is one of the world's least understood and appreciated religions. The culture of Islamic women and the mystery of a veiled society have endured any number of uninformed or hostile interpretations. Elizabeth Warnock Fernea spent the first two years of her marriage in the 1950s living in El Nahra, a small village in Southern Iraq, and her book is a personal narrative about life behind a veil in a community unaccustomed to Western women. She arrived speaking only a few words of Arabic and feeling dubious about her husband's expectation that she adapt completely to the segregated society in order to accommodate his anthropological study. When she left two years later she was an accepted and loved member of the village, inspired for a lifetime of work in Middle Eastern studies. The story of her life among the Iraqis is eye-opening, written with intellectual honesty as well as love and respect for a seemingly impenetrable society."
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I had to read this book for my Anthropology: World Cultures class and I really enjoyed it. I think I'll offer it up as a bookray and see if anyone's interested.
Bookray participants:
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gringuitica --- Costa Rica (ship N/S America) ----> here (stalled?)
ariesgirl29 ---TN (ship int'l)
UnwrittenLibra ---MA (ship int'l)
k2005 --- UK
wanderingstar8 --- UK (ship int'l)
quak --- Germany (prefer ship EU)
iliotropio ---Belgium (ship int'l)
marja-leena ---Finland (ship int'l)
amberC --- Australia (ship Australia)
gillg ---Australia (ship int'l)
(order subject to change if more people join)
Off to gringuitica as of Friday.
Enjoy!!
Enjoy!!
It arrived yesterday! I'm in the middle of another novel, but when I finish, I'll get this one started. Thanks!
