covering most of southern Iraq. The reed stalks protruding from the waters provided ample material for the construction of traditional reed houses — known as mudhif — as well as reed mats used ...

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The Iraqi government has set an ambitious target to construct 1 million houses within the next two years to tackle a festering post-war housing crisis, according to an adviser to the prime minister ...