Guests of the Sheik
Guests of the Sheik

Author: Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2010-11-03

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0307773787

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A delightful account of one woman's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman. "A most enjoyable book abouut [Muslim women]—simple, dignified, human, colorful, sad and humble as the life they lead." —Muhsin Mahdi, Jewett Professor of Arabic Literature, Harvard Unversity. A wonderful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study that offers a unique insight into a part of the Midddle Eastern life seldom seen by the West.

Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures

Author: Suad Joseph

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 873

ISBN-13: 9004128182

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Family, Law and Politics, Volume II of the Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, brings together over 360 entries on women, family, law, politics, and Islamic cultures around the world.

The Sheik's Arrangement
The Sheik's Arrangement

Author: Elizabeth Lennox

Publisher: Elizabeth Lennox Books LLC

Published: 2019-04-12

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13: 1944078932

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He’s the only man who can help her! When Zuri’s brother disappears, Zuri turns to the only man she knows who has the power to help her; Sheik Tiran bin Linar – the fiancé she has been resisting! Despite the chemistry that sizzles whenever he’s close, she still isn’t ready for marriage! But resisting Tiran’s sensual touch is too hard and she succumbs to her desire for the man. Their search…and their passion…results in an unintended consequence. Now Zuri is carrying the man’s child. Will she ever know if Tiran loves her for herself? Or if he is marrying her out of political obligation? Enjoy this scandalous story filled with intrigue and passion!

The Sheik's Unexpected Bride
The Sheik's Unexpected Bride

Author: Elizabeth Lennox

Publisher: Elizabeth Lennox

Published: 2021-02-26

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 1950451410

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The enemy has arrived! And Luna was forced to smile at him and welcome him into her home. Luna stared at the man she’d learned to hate since the moment she’d learned to walk. And yet, here he was, Sheik Tasim el Salindar walked into her home as if he owned the place! Since Tasim’s sister was marrying Luna’s brother, they both had to hide their hatred for each other and play nice! Sheik Tasim watched the lovely Princess Luna, cursing himself for finding her attractive. She was a spoiled brat with a bad attitude! Wasn’t she? Unfortunately, Tasim was a guest of the lovely Luna for the week of his sister’s wedding celebration. And the more he got to know her, the more he respected her. And the more he wanted to kiss her and discover all of her secrets! She was a dangerous mix of beauty, brains and…and so much more! But there was no way a relationship could work between them. Right? The Sheik’s Unsuitable Bride, Book 1 in this series, is by Claire Connelly!

The Treasure of the Tigris: A Tale of Mesopotamia
The Treasure of the Tigris: A Tale of Mesopotamia

Author: A. F. Mockler-Ferryman

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-08-10

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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The Treasure of the Tigris is a historical novel about Walter Henderson's recollections of his uncle's tales of Babylonian history. Excerpt: "First of all, I must explain how it happened that I, Walter Henderson, whom, I have every reason to believe, my masters regarded as a very ordinary kind of boy, should have blossomed within a couple of years of leaving school into a person of some importance..."