Guests of the Sheik : an ethnography of an Iraqi village / Elizabeth Warnock Fernea.

Night journey: arrival in the village
The sheik's harem
Women of the tribe
Women of the town
Gypsies
Housekeeping in El Nahra
Problems of the purdah
I meet the sheik
Ramadan
The feast
Moussa's house
Weddings
Salima
One wife or four
Summer
Hussein
Muharram
Pilgrimage to Karbala
Autumn
Excursion into the country
Winter
Jabbar becomes engaged
Death in the tribe and in the town
At home in El Nahra
Back to Baghdad
Leave-taking.