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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '2003-02-05T04:50:42'
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title: The Ma'dan
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In his speech to the UN Secutity Council today, Colin Powell briefly mentioned the Ma'dan, the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq. These people are the direct decendants of the Sumerians, the first civilization. [Do you know](http://www.gcc.edu/news/faculty/editorials/kengor_saddam_2_5.htm "Grove City College") [about them](http://www.montelis.com/satya/backissues/jul98/marsh_arabs.html)?