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Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village | 
 enlarge | Author: Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Publisher: Anchor
Category: Book
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Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 50288
Media: Paperback
Pages: 368
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 2.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 0385014856
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.095675
EAN: 9780385014854
ASIN: 0385014856
Publication Date: October 1, 1995
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A delightful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study, this is an account of Fernea's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman.
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 Not bad November 30, 2008
Lenka Salih (Danville, PA United States)
Iraq has many cultures and each of them has different customs and ways of life. I have seen and observed some of the differences for my self. So to judge Iraq as whole based on one small place is absurd! It is like saying America is this or that, but isn't america the best example of diversity? How different is a Dallas in Texas compare to a New York?? They have as much in common as the Kurds, Turks, Iranians, Syrians, not to mention the Christians and the Suni and Shia. (Some things never change, others are as different as earth and sky!)
The book is a window into one way of life, of many different lifestyles in Iraq. A LOOOONG time a go.
 Informative September 11, 2008
marshall (Minnesota)
This was an interesting look at life in Iraq before the Taliban. It is an american womans experiences living in a small village in the late 1950's with her husband.
 Guests of the Sheik August 31, 2008
S. Zohny (New Jersey, USA)
This is a great book. I bought it to replace a tattered copy a had bought at a book sale, and read it again. I enjoyed it just as much the second time. Ms. Fernea is a very sensitive author. Her other books are also excellent.
a look into a hidden culture May 26, 2008
S. Lukas (Tokyo, Japan)
I just finished this book and thoroughly enjoyed it, both her writing style and her subject matter. Yes, she may have gone in somewhat ignorant about many aspects of the lives of Iraqi women but she left with an obvious affection for those same women as well as a deeper understanding of herself. That affection was clearly reciprocated by the Iraqi women she met and lived among. That she lived as they did, was genuinely curious about them as people and made an effort to learn their language negates any criticism of her being a typical, arrogant American. She may have had preconceived notions about the culture but she also seemed perfectly comfortable admitting her mistakes and learning from them. For the reader the book was like being along with the writer and enjoying the journey. I can't think of a much higher compliment to give someone writing about a relatively isolated place over 50 years ago.
Another Great Book May 20, 2008
The Purple Bee (USA)
This is another great book by this author. I enjoy her story telling ability and feel lucky that she has shared it with us.
I think it's remarkable book. No one can imagine they could have ever have the chance to experience what she did and Iraq will never be the same. It's too bad we have lost so many interesting cultures which had survived since the beginning of mankind. I'm sure it must make her quite sad to see what has happened to Iraq's rich culture during these past 40+ years.
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