The Resource Drinking arak off an ayatollah's beard : a journey through the inside-out worlds of Iran and Afghanistan, Nicholas Jubber
Drinking arak off an ayatollah's beard : a journey through the inside-out worlds of Iran and Afghanistan, Nicholas Jubber
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- Summary
- Documents the author's investigation of daily life in Iran and Afghanistan, from religious shrines to illegal dance parties, and his use of Ferdowsi's epic poem "Shāhnāmeh" as a key to past and present conflict in the region
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Da Capo Press ed.
- Extent
- x, 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Iran. The inside-out city ; The most Persian Persian ; The snake-shouldered tyrant ; In the land of fire ; Minstrels in the mountains.
- Afghanistan. The prisoner poets ; Tea with a warlord.
- Iran and Central Asia. Tahmineh's secret ; The man in the moon ; Poets, polymaths, and pleasure-daughters.
- Afghanistan. The adventures of Abbas ; How to walk like an Afghan ; A holiday house in Helmand.
- Iran. The bird in the coffee cup ; Drinking Arak off an Ayatollah's beard.
- Afghanistan. The road to Ghazni ; Insultin' the Sultan
- Isbn
- 9780306818844
- Label
- Drinking arak off an ayatollah's beard : a journey through the inside-out worlds of Iran and Afghanistan
- Title
- Drinking arak off an ayatollah's beard
- Title remainder
- a journey through the inside-out worlds of Iran and Afghanistan
- Statement of responsibility
- Nicholas Jubber
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Documents the author's investigation of daily life in Iran and Afghanistan, from religious shrines to illegal dance parties, and his use of Ferdowsi's epic poem "Shāhnāmeh" as a key to past and present conflict in the region
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jubber, Nicholas
- Dewey number
- 915.504/544
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DS259.2
- LC item number
- .J83 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jubber, Nicholas
- Jubber, Nicholas
- Firdawsī
- Social conflict
- Social conflict
- Iran
- Afghanistan
- Iran
- Afghanistan
- Label
- Drinking arak off an ayatollah's beard : a journey through the inside-out worlds of Iran and Afghanistan, Nicholas Jubber
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Iran. The inside-out city ; The most Persian Persian ; The snake-shouldered tyrant ; In the land of fire ; Minstrels in the mountains. -- Afghanistan. The prisoner poets ; Tea with a warlord. -- Iran and Central Asia. Tahmineh's secret ; The man in the moon ; Poets, polymaths, and pleasure-daughters. -- Afghanistan. The adventures of Abbas ; How to walk like an Afghan ; A holiday house in Helmand. -- Iran. The bird in the coffee cup ; Drinking Arak off an Ayatollah's beard. -- Afghanistan. The road to Ghazni ; Insultin' the Sultan
- Control code
- 435418576
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- 1st Da Capo Press ed.
- Extent
- x, 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780306818844
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009048191
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)435418576
- Label
- Drinking arak off an ayatollah's beard : a journey through the inside-out worlds of Iran and Afghanistan, Nicholas Jubber
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Iran. The inside-out city ; The most Persian Persian ; The snake-shouldered tyrant ; In the land of fire ; Minstrels in the mountains. -- Afghanistan. The prisoner poets ; Tea with a warlord. -- Iran and Central Asia. Tahmineh's secret ; The man in the moon ; Poets, polymaths, and pleasure-daughters. -- Afghanistan. The adventures of Abbas ; How to walk like an Afghan ; A holiday house in Helmand. -- Iran. The bird in the coffee cup ; Drinking Arak off an Ayatollah's beard. -- Afghanistan. The road to Ghazni ; Insultin' the Sultan
- Control code
- 435418576
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- 1st Da Capo Press ed.
- Extent
- x, 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780306818844
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009048191
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)435418576
Subject
- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Firdawsī
- Iran -- Description and travel
- Iran -- Social conditions -- 1997-
- Afghanistan -- Description and travel
- Jubber, Nicholas -- Travel -- Iran
- Social conflict -- Afghanistan
- Social conflict -- Iran
- Jubber, Nicholas -- Travel -- Afghanistan
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