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The Marsh Arabs, who once occupied the marshlands of the Tigris and Euphrates river basins, built houses out of woven reeds. But after Iraq’s marshes were systematically drained in 1991, this unique and ancient civilization has all but disappeared. Today only a few thousand marsh dwellers remain. Basra, Iraq

Basra, Iraq

Author: Michael Yamashita

Photo size: 66.0 Mpixels (189 MB uncompressed) - 9949x6633 pixels (33.2x22.1 in / 84.2x56.2 cm at 300 ppi)

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