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A vast wetland in southern Iraq, believed to be the biblical Garden of Eden, is slowly disappearing.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site is suffering from government neglect and climate change.
And as it is vanishing, so are the ancient traditions of people living there.
Al Jazeera's @Osama Bin Javaid reports from Ahwar, in Southern Iraq.
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The UNESCO World Heritage Site is suffering from government neglect and climate change.
And as it is vanishing, so are the ancient traditions of people living there.
Al Jazeera's @Osama Bin Javaid reports from Ahwar, in Southern Iraq.
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#AlJazeeraEnglish #Iraq #Wetlands
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