Return to the Marshes
Return to the Marshes by Gavin Young, published by Penguin in 1989, is a poignant exploration of the Marshes of Iraq, a region Young first encountered thirty-five years prior through the eyes of the renowned traveler Wilfred Thesiger. This edition, comprising 184 pages, delves into the natural beauty of the landscape and the enduring lifestyle of the Marsh Arabs, whose way of life has remained largely unchanged since the time of the Ancient Sumerians.
In this remarkable narrative, Young reflects on his return to the Marshes in 1984, where he witnessed the profound impact of twentieth-century warfare on this centuries-old existence. The book serves as both a tribute to the unique culture of the Marsh Arabs and an intimate portrayal of the challenges they face. Readers will find a rich historical context intertwined with themes of resilience and change, offering insights into a way of life that is at risk of vanishing.
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Introduced to the Marshes of Iraq some thirty-five years ago by the legendary traveller Wilfred Thesiger, Gavin Young was immediately entranced by both the natural beauty of the landscape and by its inhabitants the Marsh Arabs who lived a lifestyle virtually unchanged from that of their ancestors, the Ancient Sumerians. But when he returned to the Marshes in 1984 he found this centuries old existence threatened with extinction by twentieth-century warfare. This remarkable book, first published in 1977, is at once a moving tribute to a unique way of life as well as a love story to a place and its people.
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