Iraq is not some backward counrty overrun by ignorant land Sheikhs or oil prizes. People have a deep respect for wisdom and "origin." People can trace their families back for hundreds of years and the need to "belong" to a specific family or tribe and have a sheikh doesn't hinder education, modernization, democracy, or culture (90).
I am an example of a modern-day, Iraqi female who is a part of a tribe---I have never met our sheikh---I've never needed too... (91).
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