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Film Screening | Miracle on the Marshes of Iraq

  • Archaeology Now P.O. Box 271062 Houston, Texas, 77277 United States (map)

In Partnership with the Arab American Educational Foundation

It's the largest and most ambitious habitat re-creation project ever known: to bring back to life one of the world's greatest marshlands. In the 1990s, Saddam Hussein drained the gigantic wetlands of Iraq and turned them into a desert, destroying a home to thousands of people and millions of birds. The BBC follows the work of Azzam Alwash, the visionary Iraqi engineer and CEO of Nature Iraq who will be present to introduce the film and give an update on current efforts of marsh preservation.

Azzam Alwash, Founder of Nature Iraq and star of “Miracle in the Marshes”

Lynn Wyatt Theater, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

FREE ADMISION with reserved tickets

Nature Iraq

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