The New England magazine . 1 Embankment constructed by Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon. Each of its large square bricks bears his name and title BAGDAD, HOME OF SINDBAD 183. A Bagdad woman driving buffalo to water from his donkey when meeting a Moslem inthe street; yet as a survival of the old regu-lation he wears a turban about the fez, andhis wife, concealed in her dark blue gownwhich is interwoven with silver, hides herface behind the horsehair, vizor-like more superstitious creature exists thanthe Bagdad Jew. Thirty-five years ago hewas excommunicated for sending his chil-dren to s
The New England magazine . 1 Embankment constructed by Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon. Each of its large square bricks bears his name and title BAGDAD, HOME OF SINDBAD 183. A Bagdad woman driving buffalo to water from his donkey when meeting a Moslem inthe street; yet as a survival of the old regu-lation he wears a turban about the fez, andhis wife, concealed in her dark blue gownwhich is interwoven with silver, hides herface behind the horsehair, vizor-like more superstitious creature exists thanthe Bagdad Jew. Thirty-five years ago hewas excommunicated for sending his chil-dren to school, and when under the ban noone might feed him or give him work. Hiswife may not look into a mirror, nor sweep the floor, nor bring a saucepan into thehouse after dark. When her child dies sheforgets the Hebrew law and takes into thehousehold a pig to guard the other childrenfrom the evil eye; if the pig should die itsskin is used for their clothing. The Arabs of Bagdad are mostly Bed-ouins who have deserted their wanderinglife for the peace of the city. The menwear the Turkish fez or the head-dress ofthe desert, the long aba and the red, pointedshoes; the women
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