"When I was about 7 years old, I remember Lady Drower’s visit to our village (Liṭlaṭa) in Kalaatsalah in the south of Iraq. All the people in the village celebrated and welcomed Lady Drower. And as a child we sat around her chair, which was woven of palm leaves. I remember seeing Lady Drower in the Mandaean temple, she was a beautiful, slim woman in her white dress and white hat. We saw her as an angel and studied her every move. She visited my uncle [Sheikh Negm bar Zahroon] from time to time."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Abdelelah Khalaf al-Sebahi, the nephew of Sheikh Negm bar Zahroon, quoted in:
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/E._S._Drower
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
E. S. Drower
E. S. Drower (Ethel Stefana Drower; 1 December 1879 – 27 January 1972) was a British cultural anthropologist, orientalist, and novelist known for her research on the Mandaean religion and culture.
3 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by E. S. Drower →
Related Quotes
"Indeed, modern methods, modern ways, nationalistic education, cinemas, cars, and all that make up the new Iraq, threa…"
"According to the last census (April 1932) the number of Ṣubba in Iraq is given as 4,805. I incline to think this an u…"
"Fairies are very shy creatures and prefer to keep themselves hidden from human eyes"
"If you look very carefully, you may see a fairy in your garden"
"The world of fairies is all around us, though we seldom notice it"
"Fairies, elves, mermaids and water-babies inhabit the magical world created by Shirley Barber"
"It is clear that there are as many different languages as peoples in this island. The Scots, however, and the Welsh, …"
"In the days of my early acquaintance with Henley, some fourteen or fifteen years ago, I could never look at him witho…"
"When men live in small communities, ... they cannot avoid personal participation in some public functions. So it was …"
"It is impossible to maintain that these attributes [caution and progress] have been constant in the two great English…"