"Five thousand years of history were here and the pattern was still unchanged." During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq, Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries.
In this account of his time there, he pays tribute to the hospitality, loyalty, courage and endurance of the people, describes.
Travelling from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing medicines and treating the sick. "Five thousand years of history were here and the pattern was still unchanged." During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq, Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries
