| Married to a Bedouin Contributor(s): Van Geldermalsen, Marguerite (Author), Lewis, Anthony (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1844082202 ISBN-13: 9781844082209 Publisher: Little Brown and Co. (UK) OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound Published: July 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2010291765 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.34" W x 7.78" (0.52 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'Where you staying? the Bedouin asked. Why you not stay with me tonight - in my cave?' Thus begins Marguerite van Geldermalsen's story of how a New Zealand-born nurse came to be married to Mohammad Abdallah Othman, a Bedouin souvenir-seller from the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. It was 1978 and she and a friend were travelling through the Middle East when Marguerite met the charismatic Mohammad who convinced her that he was the man for her. A life with Mohammad meant moving into his ancient cave and learning to love the regular tasks of baking shrak bread on an open fire and collecting water from the spring. And as Marguerite feels herself becoming part of the Bedouin community, she is thankful for the twist in fate that has led her to this contented life. Marguerite's light-hearted and guileless observations of the people she comes to love are as heart-warming as they are valuable, charting Bedouin traditions now lost to the modern world. |