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n. - A reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq.

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  • In 1992, Hantoush moved his family to a village near Basra and built another mudhif.
  • Saleh Hantoush slides leathery fingers down the walls of his mudhif, a guesthouse made of reeds from the marshes of southern Iraq, and thinksback to better days.
  • The schools basic design is patterned after the mudhif, a large communal house made of reeds, paid for and maintained by a local sheikh, for use by guests or as a...
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