'''Lady Ethel Stefana Drower''' (1879–1972) studied the Middle_East and the exotic cultures within. She was considered the primary specialist on the Mandaeans and the chief collector of Mandaean manuscripts. Her works include ''The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans'' (a translation of the Qolusta) and ''The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran''. {{religion-stub}} {{anthropologist-stub}} {{Iraq-stub}}