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.
During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. Travelling from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing medicines and treating the sick. In this account of his time there he pays tribute to the hospitality, ...
Describes the activities of an extended family living on the outskirts of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, providing brief information about daily life and customs.
An experience of family life in an Iraqi town through the eyes of the Saleh-Ali family, where you can join the family for a meal of "kubba", listen to Falah play the "ouda" and find out why Ahmad wears gloves to read the Qu'ran. Part of a series in which children can focus on different countries.
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