Baghdad Sketches (Marlboro Travel)
by Freya Stark
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Author: Freya StarkIntroduction: Barbara Kreiger
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1996-12-04
ISBN: 0810160234
Number of pages: 177
Publisher: Marlboro Press
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Book Review: A portrayal of Baghdad in the 1930s
Summary: 4 Stars
The book offers a unique protrayal of Baghdad in the 1930s through the eyes of a young British woman who lived amongst its slum dwellers on less than ?1 a day. Freya Stark's day-to-day encounters with people in the slums juxtaposed with Iraqi intelligentsia and the detached British elite who ruled Iraq through the mandate, offers a valuable insight into how short-sighted and flawed was the British imperial outlook on nation-building in Mesopotamia.
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