Baghdad SketchesIn 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. |
Contents
Marie the Armenian | 15 |
The Making of a Nationalist | 24 |
Concerning Smells | 30 |
The Life of the River | 39 |
Concerning Manners | 54 |
Education | 63 |
The Fellahin | 72 |
The Nisibin Road | 79 |
The Young Effendi | 91 |
The DevilWorshippers | 97 |
1937 | 118 |
The Slaves Club | 134 |
One of the Four Holy Cities of Iraq | 148 |
Nejf | 167 |
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