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The Marsh Arabs

By Wilfred Thesiger

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The Marsh Arabs

By Wilfred Thesiger

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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 have 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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
240
Release Date:
2007-10-25
Publication Date:
2007-10-25
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0141442085
ISBN13:
9780141442082
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
257 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
196 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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