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A village of the Ahwari people in Iraq, 1974 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 10 points 2 weeks ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_Arabs

[–] Lay@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately, most of it is a dry wasteland now, due to the water crisis in Iraq.

Its sad.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

More than just a water crisis - it was deliberately drained by the dictator Saddam Hussein to punish the people who lived there

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Woah how cool