Baghdad Sketches

In the fall of 1928, thirty-five year-old Freya Stark set out on her first journey to the Middle East. She spent most of the next four years in Iraq and Persia, visiting ancient and medieval sites, and traveling alone through some of the wilder corners of the region.

ISBN-13: 9780810160231

Media Type: Paperback(1)

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Publication Date: 12-04-1996

Pages: 177

Product Dimensions: 5.25(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.70(d)

Series: Marlboro Travel

Freya Stark was the author of over thirty-five books, including The Valley of Assassins, Beyond Euphrates, Alexander's Path, and Dust in the Lion's Paw.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Making of a Traveller by Barbara Kreiger

Baghdad Sketches
Foreword
The Desert Route
An Introduction from Damascus
In the Moslem Quarter
Marie the Armenian
Life in the Slum
The Makign of a Nationalist
Concerning Smells
A Chapter of Discord
The Life of the River
A Visit in the Desert
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 "Slaves' Club"
Cosmetics
The 'Ashura
One of the Four Holy Cities of Iraq
Samarra and Tekrit
Neif Show More