mudhif 30943793762_d850c60fa4_o Photo by David Stanley

Timothy Furstnau
July 21, 2020

two men standing in in welcome in front of large hall made of reeds

Iraq’s Marsh Arabs use reeds to build vaulted reception halls called mudhifs, such as this one at Albu Hamrah near the ancient Sumerian archaeological site of Lagash.

Timothy Furstnau is a writer, artist, and curator based in the Northern Catskills of NY. He is the co-founder of the collaborative studio FICTILIS and the Museum of Capitalism, and author of How It Hurts, a study guide for pain examinations.

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