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En Route to the Finish Line!

© Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

"Madan Men Poling a Tarada," Saigal, Central Marshes. Wilfred Thesiger, 1951. The tarada was the primary mode of transport for sheikhs en route to negotiation, war, inspection, and trade. Deep gratitude to Prof. Alexander Beecroft for supporting our mission to the marshlands.

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Collapse of the marsh ecosystems of southern Iraq after 1991 forced hundreds of thousands of people into urban slums, and led to contamination of the remaining water supply. We will establish three test beds to see whether brackish water returned from oil drilling and refining can be used to construct new salt marshes. These will filter water, provide forage for livestock, create habitat for fish nurseries, and give new economic opportunities.
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