Penguin Classics The Marsh Arabs, (Paperback)

from breic2

Excellent book describing Thesiger's experiences in the old marshes of southern Iraq. The way of life of the marsh-dwellers is fascinating. They live on reed islands and raise water buffalo or cultivate rice. They build their houses out of giant reeds... Complemented by helpful photographs.

from harlandbrown

A wonderfully readable account of the unique culture that existed in the marshland between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

from EricCostello

I found this book to be engrossing and enjoyable. The author apparently did a great deal of traveling in the Islamic world (including some hair-raising trips in Saudi Arabia), and over the course of a number of years in the 1950s, spent time in the marsh country of southeastern Iraq, where the Ti...

from breic2

Excellent book describing Thesiger's experiences in the old marshes of southern Iraq. The way of life of the marsh-dwellers is fascinating. They live on reed islands and raise water buffalo or cultivate rice. They build their houses out of giant reeds... Complemented by helpful photographs.

from harlandbrown

A wonderfully readable account of the unique culture that existed in the marshland between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.