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When All the Lands Were Sea: A Photographic Journey Into the Lives of the Marsh Arabs of Iraq
Contributor(s): Eigeland, Tor (Author)

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ISBN: 1566569826     ISBN-13: 9781566569828
Publisher: Olive Branch Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: October 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Middle East - Iraq
- Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials)
- Photography | Subjects & Themes - Lifestyles
Dewey: 956.7
LCCN: 2014002432
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 9" W x 9.3" L (1.45 lbs) 112 pages
Features: Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product
 
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Publisher Description:
Rare and visually stunning images of a lost world. This remarkable collection of photographs, captured by internationally acclaimed photojournalist Tor Eigeland in 1967, offers unprecedented insight into the daily life of the Marsh Arabs of Iraq. These photographs illustrate the beauty of this unique environment--the marshlands between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers--and show a culture that existed practically unchanged for over 2,000 years. Some have even speculated that this place was the site of the original Garden of Eden. Under Saddam Hussein's rule, vast areas of the marshlands were dammed and drained, causing catastrophic environmental damage and brutally forcing the marshes' inhabitants to abandon their way of life. Now Tor Eigeland's photographic journey stands as a monument, a rare record of a lost world and an ancient civilization. These precious photographs celebrate the people and culture of the marshlands and bring us back to a time and place where people lived in harmony with their environment. In the course of his long and distinguished career, Tor Eigeland has been published in such publications as Time-Life Books, Fortune, Newsweek, and Saudi Aramco World, to name but a few. He has collaborated on ten books for the National Geographic Society, and his assignments have taken him to some of the most remote corners of the globe. He now resides in the south of France.
 
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