A Reed Shaken by the Wind: Travels among the Marsh Arabs of Iraq

by Gavin Maxwell

Overview

The Marsh Arabs were one of the most isolated communities in the world. Few outsiders, let alone Europeans, had been permitted to travel through their homeland, a mass of tiny islands lost in a wilderness of reeds and swamps in southern Iraq. One of the few trusted outsiders was the legendary explorer Wilfred Thesiger, who was Gavin Maxwell's guide to the intricate landscape, tribal customs and distinctive architecture of the Marsh Arabs. Thesiger's skill with a medicine chest and rifle assured them a welcome in every hamlet, and Maxwell's sharp observation, honed as a naturalist and writer, has left an invaluable record of a unique community and a now-vanished way of life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780600604
Publisher:	Eland Publishing
Publication date:	09/30/2015
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

Editorial Reviews

This 1967 title is a portrait of the marsh Arabs of southern Iraq. Maxwell presents his impressions of these secluded people, along with numerous photos. Although intended as a travel book, this might make more of a historical or sociological study now, given the current turmoil in Iraq. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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