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202315 minGdoc-short

Environmental Crime

Chibayish 2023

202315 minGdoc-short

Three young marshland residents care for a water buffalo while traversing a marsh filled with oil infrastructure and industrial waste in southern Iraq.

Environmental Crime

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Three young marshland residents care for a water buffalo while traversing a marsh filled with oil infrastructure and industrial waste in southern Iraq.

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Alia Fariddirector

Jassim Mohammedcast

Qassim Mohammedcast

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Riad Samir and brothers Jassim and Qassim Mohammed navigate the marshes of southern Iraq, where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers converge. Alia Farid’s Chibayish captures their daily lives, including caring for a water buffalo and discussing their community. The film contrasts their experiences with the encroachment of oil infrastructure and industrial waste. Since 2018, Farid has focused on the effects of extractive industries on the region's ecology and social dynamics, linking this work to her installation Palm Orchard from 2022.

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