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Strong winds kick up the sand during the Al-kasid family's Istikbal, or homecoming, in their home village Suq ash Shuyukh on the outskirts of Nasiriyah, Iraq, Wednesday, July 30, 2003. ..Young men and boys work throughout the 3 day celebration fetching water, serving food, cleaning, etc., which teaches them respect for their elders. In return, they are fed better than normal and get to be a part of the action as this was a huge event in the village. ..The Al-Kasid family fled Iraq after the Gulf War and their part in the uprising against Saddam Hussein in 1991, spent 3 years in Rafa, Saudi Arabia and finally settled in Dearborn, MI. The family hasn't been home to Iraq in 13 years...After the uprising in the Shiite dominated South, Saddam Hussein tried to kill the people by cutting off the rivers that village survival depends on. Dams and canals diverted the fresh water from flowing into the swamps by way of tributaries. In effect, without fresh water flowing in, the people started poisoning the water supply themselves by using it to wash and clean. Their primitive sewers still flow freely into the same waters that animals use and that feed their rice fields.

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Iraqi Exiles Return Home 2003
Strong winds kick up the sand during the Al-kasid family's Istikbal, or homecoming, in their home village Suq ash Shuyukh on the outskirts of Nasiriyah, Iraq, Wednesday, July 30, 2003. ..Young men and boys work throughout the 3 day celebration fetching water, serving food, cleaning, etc., which teaches them respect for their elders. In return, they are fed better than normal and get to be a part of the action as this was a huge event in the village. ..The Al-Kasid family fled Iraq after the Gulf War and their part in the uprising against Saddam Hussein in 1991, spent 3 years in Rafa, Saudi Arabia and finally settled in Dearborn, MI. The family hasn't been home to Iraq in 13 years...After the uprising in the Shiite dominated South, Saddam Hussein tried to kill the people by cutting off the rivers that village survival depends on. Dams and canals diverted the fresh water from flowing into the swamps by way of tributaries. In effect, without fresh water flowing in, the people started poisoning the water supply themselves by using it to wash and clean. Their primitive sewers still flow freely into the same waters that animals use and that feed their rice fields.
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