Local architecture plays an important role in the culture of the marsh Arabs of southern Iraq, and no structure captures the lifestyle and traditions of the region more than the 'mudhif.' Now, with a ...

The slick Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University has a new next-door neighbor, even if it's a temporary one meant to engage students and demonstrate the diversity of Houston. The structure, ...

Instead of traveling across the globe, the Houston nonprofit Archaeology Now and the Arab-American Educational Foundation developed the Marsh Arab Project for the sake of cultural preservation and ...

Residents of the marshes in Iraq gather inside a mudhif, which is a community center made out of reeds. A similar structure will be built in Houston as part of the Marsh Arabs Project. (Photo from ...

Earlier this month, the time-honored tradition which is shared with Iraq’s people in neighboring Iran’s Khuzestan province, gained UNESCO status for Iraq during the 18th session of the ...

For 5,000 years, Iraqis in the marshes of Mesopotamia have been building mudhifs, large guest houses constructed entirely out of reed grass and used for town gatherings and ceremonies like weddings.

The mudhif under construction on the campus of Rice University. Thousands of years ago, amid the fertile lands of what is present-day Iraq, reeds were an essential material for the earliest permanent ...

Veterans of the war in Iraq and Iraqi immigrants to Philadelphia will work together as a construction crew at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education on Monday. The nature preserve in ...

"Al-Mudhif - A Confluence," is an art project by Sarah Kavage and Yaroub Al-Obaidi. Artists and volunteers are constructing a traditional Iraqi building out of reeds, or phragmites. It is believed to ...

Philadelphia -- There's a new labor of love standing tall at the Schuykill Center for Environmental Education in Roxborough known as the Al-Mudhif. It's an Iraqi guesthouse that was recently built out ...

Alireza Izadi, Director-General for Registration and Preservation of Intangible and Natural Heritage at Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, said on Friday that discussions between the two countries ...