Photo by Frederick Simpich 



the: tomb of zobeida, the; favorite; wifij of harun-ai.-rashid, nijar bagdad: 

 ARAB wome;n ve;ne;rate the; me;mory of zobe;ida 



_ "From the first day at Bagdad I felt the subtle charm of the East— that mystic spell that 

 seizes on the souls of those who trespass on its ancient places— and here every law of the 

 life we_ know seems changed. Between us— women of the West— and these daughters of the 

 desert is a gulf, impassable and not of our own making; it is a barrier of religion— a religion 

 that allows one man to have four wives at once" (see text, page 567). 



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