Baghdad Sketches Journeys Through Iraq

Name: Baghdad Sketches Journeys Through Iraq
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ISBN: 9781848856554

ISBN-10: 1848856555

ISBN-13: 9781848856554

Edition: 2011

Authors: Freya Stark

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Freya Stark first journeyed to Iraq in 1927. Seven years after the establishment of the British Mandate, the modern state was in its infancy and worlds apart from the country it has since become. During her many years in Iraq, Freya Stark was witness to the rise and fall of the British involvement in the country as well as the early years of independence. Typically - and controversially - she chose to live outside the close-knit western expatriate scene and immersed herself in the way of life of ordinary Iraqis - living in the 'native' quarter of the city and spending time with its tribal sheikhs and leaders. Venturing out of Baghdad, she travelled to Mosul, Nineveh, Tikrit and Najaf, where…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Publication date: 1/18/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.05" wide x 7.84" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English



Foreword


The Desert Route


An Introduction from Damascus


In the Moslem Quarter


Marie the Armenian


Life in the Slum


The Making of a Nationalist


Concerning smells


A Chapter of Discord


The life of the River


A visit in the Desert


European and American Ladies in Iraq


The Social Status of Ladies


Concerning Manners


A syriac Christmas


Education


Ramadhan


The Fellahin


The Nisibin Road


The Young Effendi and the Sentimental Traveller


The Devil-Worshippers


The Death of Mandali


The Kuwait Journey


Kuwait II 1937


Failichah


The ï¿½Ç£Slavesï¿½Ç club


Cosmetics


Built on Sand


The ï¿½Ç Ashura


One of the Four Holy Cities of Iraq


Samarra and Tekrit


Nejf


Illustrations


The Muezzin


The Shopkeepers had set out their Wares


The Life of the River


The Coffee shop