'You have car insurance, we have tribes': Negotiating everyday life in basra and the re-emergence of tribalism

Anthropology of the Middle East

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-34

  Al Mohammad, Hayder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basra; Invasion; Iraq; Militias; Protection; Tribalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864735931     PISSN: 17460719     EISSN: 17460727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/ame.2011.060103     Document Type: Article

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