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Jubber, Nicholas
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Jubber, Nicholas -- Travel -- Iran.
Jubber, Nicholas -- Travel -- Afghanistan.
Firdawsī. Shāhnāmah.
Social conflict -- Iran.
Social conflict -- Afghanistan.
Iran -- Description and travel.
Afghanistan -- Description and travel.
Iran -- Social conditions -- 1997-
Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Drinking arak off an...
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Drinking arak off an ayatollah's beard : a journey through the inside-out worlds of
Iran
and Afghanistan /
Nicholas
Jubber
.
by
Jubber
,
Nicholas
Subjects
Jubber
,
Nicholas
--
Travel
--
Iran
.
Jubber
,
Nicholas
--
Travel
--
Afghanistan.
Firdawsī. Shāhnāmah.
Social conflict
--
Iran
.
Social conflict
--
Afghanistan.
Iran
--
Description and
travel
.
Afghanistan
--
Description and
travel
.
Iran
--
Social conditions
--
1997-
Afghanistan
--
Social conditions
--
21st century.
Publisher Info:
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2010.
Edition:
1st Da Capo Press ed.
Description:
x, 327 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780306818844 (alk. paper)
0306818841 (alk. paper)
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.
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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.
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