Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village: Amazon.ca: Elizabeth Warnock Fernea: Books

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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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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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The night train from Baghdad to Basra was already hissing and creaking in its tracks when Bob and I arrived at the platform. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars an excellent read, April 24 2007

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Ms. Susan A. Baker "susan ann" (victoria bc canada) - See all my reviews
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elizabeth warnock fernea is a wonderful writer.she writes about the things that the average women do on a daily basis. not glamorous at all. this was the first book i read by the author and i was hooked from the first sentence. i have read many of her books and found them all exceptional.

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5.0 out of 5 stars How different, yet how similar we all are, May 16 2004

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Aliazon (CANTON, MI USA) - See all my reviews

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I highly enjoyed this book, both as a modern American woman, and as a convert to Islam. I learned many things that I didn't know about Shia Islam, and also a bit about the history of Iraq. This book really points out how differently the American culture vs. the Iraqi/Arab Islamic culture views the same things. I plan on reading it again, and mailing it to a girlfriend who also is a convert to Islam.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Falling in love in a foriegn land, Dec 16 2003

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ihath "ihath dot com" (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews

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Reading "Guests of the Sheik" left me in tears. My father was born and raised in southern Iraq right around the time that Elizabeth Warnock Fernea moves there. I grew up on stories from that period and I appreciated getting the women's story from this book, it felt like a complement of the stories I heard in childhood. As I read "Guests of the Sheik" I frequently wondered how I would react if I was in Elizabeth Warnock Fernea shoes. Would I feel at home in that environment? Would I feel as a tourist? I don't know, but I do hope that one day when I do visit Iraq that I will feel as much love for the land and its people as Elizabeth Warnock Fernea did.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Author is an Air Head & anti-feminist!
i HATE this author because her book only described women in their physical tersm. primarily, whether they were a 'dusky beauty' or otherwise, all women are 'plain' in her mind... Read more

Published on Sep 16 2003 by Annabelle

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbiased, educational, excellent
Given the attention on the Middle East, and Iraq in particular, this book should be considered a 'must read. Read more

Published on Dec 2 2002 by teneke