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    <body><![CDATA[This was an intriguing true story that revealed both the daily life and special occasions of the women living in a small village in Iraq fifty years ago.  The tale of this author's experience as an American woman living in this village becomes a unique opportunity to learn about the way of life, tho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17062561">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is descriptive and enjoyable from start to finish, it simply and effectively describes life for Shiite Muslim women in an Iraqi village in the late '50s from the point of view of a young American woman, though the author herself was not an anthropologist, she recorded her observations well...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44820417">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this was a very readable account of an American woman's two year stay in an Iraqi village in the mid-1950s.  Of course, much of what she described is probably very dated now, but I thought the author did a fairly good job of providing a glimpse into the life and culture of women in the vil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52067090">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book for an english class - wasn't at all what I expected. My favorite part of the book was how it tore down all my judgements about why women wear a veil. It's mainly about Elizabeth's interactions with the women in the town she is staying in. A great primer for learning something about...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44250015">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Marissa originally suggested this book to me after her trip to Turkey in the summer of 2007.  I found a copy used, interested in expanding my knowledge of Islam and it sat on my shelf for a long time until a week ago.  For some reason, perhaps the modern looking cover, I expected Guests of the Sheik...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36749135">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[fascinating and engrossing- truly one of my favorite kinds of books. my only complaint is that I was halfway through the book before I realized it was written 50 years ago, so the amazing culture I was reading about may in fact no longer exist. my next quest will be to find an updated version...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Picked up at a yard sale when I was still a kid, this book is one of several that undoubtedly contributed to my interest in learning about life in other cultures, about the incredible range of human experience. I still have it, and still remember it--which speaks well for it!<br/><br/>While the wo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36463762">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a book about Iraq before the war. I really liked it. It helped me understand the culture. I think she did a pretty good job at not being judgemental of their culture which is hard when you are predisposed to be biased by growing up in another culture.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting account of 2 years living in Iraq as a wife and companion of her anthropologist husband.  She had contact only with women in the rural community.  The sexes did not interact.  She also learned to wear a abayah.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this for an anthropology class in college.  Smooth read, wonderful writing and great insight to the culture.  We only had to read select chapters, but I ended up reading the entire book.  It's that enjoyable.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was assigned reading for one of my women's studies courses in college. I loved it. The author's husband is in Iraq on business, and she spends the time there living with the women and learning about the differences (and similarities) of their cultures. She is great at reserving judgment. W...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14404151">more...</a>]]></body>
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