The Marsh Arabs Of Southern Iraq
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The Marsh Arabs
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Author : Wilfred Thesiger
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2008-01-02
The Marsh Arabs written by Wilfred Thesiger and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“Five thousand years of history were here and the pattern was still unchanged.” During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq, Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. Travelling from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing medicines and treating the sick. In this account of his time there, he pays tribute to the hospitality, loyalty, courage and endurance of the people, describes their impressive reed houses, the waterways and lakes teeming with wildlife, the herding of buffalo and hunting of wild boar, moments of tragedy and moments of pure comedy, all in vivid, engaging detail. Untouched by the modern world until recently, these independent people, their way of life and their surroundings suffered widespread destruction under the regime of Saddam Hussein. Wilfred Thesiger's magnificent account of his time spent among them is a moving testament to their now threatened culture and the landscape they inhabit.
Return To The Marshes
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Author : Gavin Young
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2011-10-20
Return To The Marshes written by Gavin Young and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-20 with Travel categories.
It was the legendary traveller Wilfred Thesiger who first introduced Gavin Young to the Marshes of Iraq. Since then Young has been entranced by both the beauty of the Marshes and by the Marsh Arabs who inhabit them, a people whose lifestyle is almost unchanged from that of their predecessors, the Ancient Sumerians. On his return to the Marshes some years later Gavin Young found that the twentieth-century had rudely intruded on this lifestyle and that war was threatening to make the Marsh Arabs existence extinct. Return to the Marshes, first published in 1977, is at once a moving tribute to a unique way of life as well as a love story to a place and its people. 'A superbly written essay which combines warmth of personal tone, a good deal of easy historical scholarship and a talent for vivid description rarely found outside good fiction.' Jonathan Raban, Sunday Times
The Marsh Arabs
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Author : Wilfred Thesiger
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2008-01-02
The Marsh Arabs written by Wilfred Thesiger and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“Five thousand years of history were here and the pattern was still unchanged.” During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq, Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. Travelling from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing medicines and treating the sick. In this account of his time there, he pays tribute to the hospitality, loyalty, courage and endurance of the people, describes their impressive reed houses, the waterways and lakes teeming with wildlife, the herding of buffalo and hunting of wild boar, moments of tragedy and moments of pure comedy, all in vivid, engaging detail. Untouched by the modern world until recently, these independent people, their way of life and their surroundings suffered widespread destruction under the regime of Saddam Hussein. Wilfred Thesiger's magnificent account of his time spent among them is a moving testament to their now threatened culture and the landscape they inhabit.
The Marsh Arabs Of Southern Iraq
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Author : Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The Marsh Arabs Of Southern Iraq written by Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with categories.
The Iraqi Marshlands And The Marsh Arabs
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Author : Sam Kubba
language : en
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
Release Date : 2011
The Iraqi Marshlands And The Marsh Arabs written by Sam Kubba and has been published by Trans Pacific Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Social Science categories.
This text is for those wishing to develop an understanding of a cultural legacy and lifestyle that survives today only as a fragmented cultural inheritance. The book illustrates how the economy and lives of the Ma'dan (Marsh Arabs) that spans over 5000 years remained similar to the ancient practices of their Sumerian forebears.
Iraq S Marsh Arabs In The Garden Of Eden
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Author : Edward L. Ochsenschlager
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2014-04-03
Iraq S Marsh Arabs In The Garden Of Eden written by Edward L. Ochsenschlager and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-03 with Social Science categories.
What can the present tell us about the past? From 1968 to 1990, Edward Ochsenschlager conducted ethnoarchaeological fieldwork near a mound called al-Hiba, in the marshes of southern Iraq. In examining the material culture of three tribes—their use of mud, reed, wood, and bitumen, and their husbandry of cattle, water buffalo, and sheep—he chronicles what is now a lost way of life. He helps us understand ancient manufacturing processes, an artifact's significance and the skill of those who create and use it, and the substantial moral authority wielded by village craftspeople. He reveals the complexities involved in the process of change, both natural and enforced. Al-Hiba contains the remains of Sumerian people who lived in the marshes more than 5,000 years ago in a similar ecological setting, using similar material resources. The archaeological evidence provides insights into everyday life in antiquity. Ochsenschlager enhances the comparisons of past and present by extensive illustrations from his fieldwork and also from the University Museum's rare archival photographs taken in the late nineteenth century by John Henry Haynes. This was long before Saddam Hussein drove one of the tribes from the marshes, forced the Bedouin to live elsewhere, and irrevocably changed the lives of those who tried to stay.
The Marsh Arabs Of Southern Iraq
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Author : Bob Benjamin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Marsh Arabs Of Southern Iraq written by Bob Benjamin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Marsh Arabs categories.
Southern Iraq S Marshes
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Author : Laith A. Jawad
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-05-06
Southern Iraq S Marshes written by Laith A. Jawad and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-06 with Science categories.
The Mesopotamian marshes are important for economic, social, and biodiversity values and have been home to indigenous human communities for millennia. They are regarded as a legendary site. This multi-authored book contains chapters written by world-renowned experts in their field. Both basic and applied information are made available, making the book a must-have for a wide spectrum of users. For example, an understanding of the natural and the social aspects of the marshes, as described here, is an obvious prerequisite for a pest management plan in this area. Scholars interested in wetlands can use this book as a guide to compare different wetlands areas in Asia. The bibliography section contains valuable references to the marsh areas and research in the field. This book serves as an up-to-date comprehensive source of information on different aspects of the southern marshes of Iraq and is aimed at academic scholars, environmentalists, and decision makers.
The Ghosts Of Iraq S Marshes
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Author : Steve Lonergan
language : en
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Release Date : 2024-04-23
The Ghosts Of Iraq S Marshes written by Steve Lonergan and has been published by American University in Cairo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-23 with Science categories.
The gripping history of the devastation and resurrection of the Marshes of Iraq, an environmental treasure of the Middle East, now a protected site The Mesopotamian Marshes in southern Iraq, once the largest wetland system on the planet, have been inhabited for thousands of years by the Ma‘dan, or Marsh Arabs, but they remain remote, isolated, and virtually unknown. In the early 1990s, the Saddam Hussein regime drained the Marshes and set out to destroy not only a critical ecosystem but a unique way of life as well. It stands as one of the greatest environmental and humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century. In the wake of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, local residents destroyed the earthen dams built to divert water from the wetlands and the Marshes were reflooded. Their future, however, is in peril. The Ghosts of Iraq’s Marshes tells the history of the creation, destruction, and revitalization of the Marshes and their inhabitants against the backdrop of the dramatic events that have convulsed Iraq in the past fifty years. It follows the life of Jassim al-Asadi, an irrigation engineer who was jailed and tortured under Saddam Hussein and who subsequently dedicated his life to the reflooding and restoration of the Marshes. He eventually contributed to the Marshes being declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. Jassim is eminently relatable, and the stories of his life and other marsh dwellers are infused with pathos, tragedy, humor, and passion.
The Tribes Of The Marsh Arabs Of Iraq
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Author : Fulanain
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-03-07
The Tribes Of The Marsh Arabs Of Iraq written by Fulanain and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-07 with Political Science categories.
The Arab tribes of Iraq differ widely in custom but remain in all essentials of thought and conduct a distinctive and unique group. Their land embraces wide deserts, fertile fields and boundless swamps; its unique features shape the lives of its people. Taking the figure of Haji Rikkan as a central focus, the writer-traveller attempts to create a picture of Arab tribal life as a whole.