Leon McCarron

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Leon McCarron is a writer and broadcaster living in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. He is the author of two books and and a forthcoming third, Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilisation (Corsair, 2022).

Articles by Leon McCarron

The Marsh Guide and the English Explorer

The Marsh Guide and the English Explorer

Amara bin Thuqub was a teenager in 1952 when he guided British explorer Wilfred Thesiger through the marshes of southern Iraq. Now 91, he is full of memories.

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