The Ghosts of Iraq's Marshes: A History of Conflict, Tragedy, and Restoration

by Steve Lonergan, Keith Holmes, Jassim Al-Asadi

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1649033257
• ISBN13: 9781649033253
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"