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Personal Experience Lends Richness, Authority,
This review is from: An Introduction to Kurdish Rugs and Other Weavings (Hardcover)
Eagleton's personal experience lends a richness and authority to his subject that are surely lacking in other books. One of the legendary State Department "Arabists," he had been the last U.S. official to talk with Qaddaffi before the U.S. closed its Embassy there (the U.S. reopened an Interests Section in 2004, and an Embassy in 2006). He served as U.S. Chief-of-Mission at the Interests Section in Baghdad 1980-84, and Ambassador to Syria 1984-88. He's been with the Kurdish tribes, and in the bazaars, where these rugs are made.There is excellent historical/political context provided on Kurdish tribes in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran, and an analysis of rug designs. |
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An Introduction to Kurdish Rugs and Other Weavings by William Eagleton (Hardcover - July 1988)
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