God bless Azzam Alwash!

Among the heinous crimes that Saddam Hussein perpetrated was his decision to destroy the Marsh Arabs (mostly Shia Muslims) by draining the marshes in southern Iraq, a vast area between the Tigris and Euphrates that had been home to the marsh arabs for centuries.
That monstrous man turned one of the most beautiful sites in the world - reputed to be the original Eden - into an arid desert.
But, thanks to an amazing man called Azzam Alwash, the marshlands of southern Iraq are slowly being restored.
If you can access BBC i-player and if you want to be reassured that there are still good things happening in the world, click HERE. Or paste this url into your browser: http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/xxf9f/ Maybe one day, the marshlands will once again look as they did when the above picture was taken. Inshallah.