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The Marsh Arabs (Arabic: عرب الأهوار ʻArab al-Ahwār "Arabs of the Marshlands"), also referred to as Ahwaris, the Maʻdān (Arabic: معدان "dweller in the plains") or Shroog [3] (Mesopotamian Arabic: شروگ "those from the east")—the latter two often considered derogatory in the present day—are Arab inhabitants of the Mesopotamian marshlands in the modern-day south Iraq ...
Following the 2003 Iraq invasion, Marsh Arabs have begun to return to the marshes. [citation needed] Many hacked down the dikes and dams that Saddam had built. [28] The Iraqi government has provided support via channels like the Iraq Cultural Health Fund, which funds Marsh Arabs in their efforts to protect traditional cultural practices. [29]
Several thousand Marsh Arabs were killed. [23] The majority of the Ahwaris were displaced either to areas adjacent to the drained marshes, abandoning their traditional lifestyle in favour of conventional agriculture, or to towns and camps in other areas of Iraq. An estimated 80,000 to 120,000 fled to refugee camps in Iran. [24]
The Marsh Arabs of Iraq are an indigenous population living in the narrow waterways of the Chebayesh Marshes in the country’s South.They say their entire way of life depends on water.But these ...
Mudhif structures have been one of the traditional types of structures built by the Arabs of the marshlands in southern Iraq for at least 5,000 years. A carved elevation of a typical mudhif, dating to around 3,300 BCE was discovered at Uruk, and is now in the British Museum. [1] Marsh Arab amid the reeds used for building
Iraq's 2020-2021 rainfall season was the second driest in 40 years, according to the United Nations, causing the salinity of the wetlands to rise to dangerous levels.
The Marsh Arabs live in Iraq and Hawizeh people live in Iran. From the time of the Sumerians and Babylonians people lived in the marshes. [2] In the southwest of Iran and the southeast of Iraq, the Hawizeh and Hammar Marshes host many small cities. These cities in the marshes are part of both countries and no border separates them.
STORY: Location: Chebayesh Marshes, Iraq Vets are taking to boats to help Iraq's water buffaloes -->This ‘mobile veterinary clinic’ aims to support the indigenous Marsh Arabs who rely on their ...