Guests of the Sheik

Autobiographical account of two year's spent in a village of southern Iraq. The author accompanied her husband, who was doing anthropological research in the area.

First sentence: The night train from Baghdad to Basra was already hissing and creaking in its tracks when Bob and I arrived at the platform.

Year

1965

Language

English

Publisher

Anchor

Editions

1

Pages

368

ISBN

9780385014854

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