Quotes by Azzam Alwash

“Full restoration, if youre talking about the way they were in 1972, I think is impossible. A lot of cities have been built in the lowlands that have been dried.”

“Sixty percent of the fish consumed in Iraq in 1990 was from the marshes.”

“There is interest in Kuwait and Iran regarding cooperation on the issue of restoration, as the dried marshes adversely affects all three of those countries and others on the [Persian] Gulf. Turkey and Syria need to also be engaged to help in the management of the water resources of the entire basin.”

“Our posters got pulled down too, so we decided the best way was with TV, radios and newspapers.”

“Were playing it all over our radio stations.”