Iraq: Iraqi Boat-Makers Struggle to Keep Their Trade Afloat

Apr 10, 2018 | Wassim Bassem, Al-Monitor
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When Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi paid a visit to the Iraqi marshlands in September 2017, photos showed him on a mashoof, the traditional narrow canoe that has been in use in the region for centuries. Yet the boat, a symbol of transportation in this UNESCO-protected area, may well be the part of the region’s heritage on the verge of extinction.