Iraqi Marshlands and the Marsh Arabs, The: : The Ma'dan, Their Culture and the Environment

Iraqi Marshlands and the Marsh Arabs, The: : The Ma'dan, Their Culture and the Environment

Sam Kubba

Språken
FörlagIthaca Press
ISBN9780863725579

The people of the Iraqi Marshlands are heirs to a culture that can be traced back thousands of years, and prior to the 1970s (i.e. before they were systematically desiccated by Saddam), these marshes comprised the largest wetland ecosystem in the Middle East. It is also a site considered by many sch