• A worker stacks bricks at a small factory in the al-Tib area of the southern Iraqi Maysan governorate renowned for this traditional manufacturing. AFP
    A worker stacks bricks at a small factory in the al-Tib area of the southern Iraqi Maysan governorate renowned for this traditional manufacturing. AFP
  • A worker fills a donkey cart with soil to make bricks. AFP
    A worker fills a donkey cart with soil to make bricks. AFP
  • A worker mixes mud to seal brickmaking kilns at the factory. AFP
    A worker mixes mud to seal brickmaking kilns at the factory. AFP
  • Workers take a cigarette break as they stack bricks at the factory. AFP
    Workers take a cigarette break as they stack bricks at the factory. AFP
  • Smoke billows from a kiln chimney stack at the brickmaking factory. AFP
    Smoke billows from a kiln chimney stack at the brickmaking factory. AFP
  • Workers stack bricks at the small factory. AFP
    Workers stack bricks at the small factory. AFP
  • A worker poses for a picture at the brickmaking factory. AFP
    A worker poses for a picture at the brickmaking factory. AFP
  • A worker fills a donkey cart with soil to make bricks. AFP
    A worker fills a donkey cart with soil to make bricks. AFP
  • A worker transports mud in a donkey cart to seal brickmaking kilns. AFP
    A worker transports mud in a donkey cart to seal brickmaking kilns. AFP
  • A worker fires-up brick kilns. AFP
    A worker fires-up brick kilns. AFP
  • A worker stacks bricks at the factory. AFP
    A worker stacks bricks at the factory. AFP
  • Workers stack bricks at the factory. AFP
    Workers stack bricks at the factory. AFP

Iraq

The factory still making Iraq's historic yellow bricks - in pictures

The traditional building material is produced by hand - with the help of donkey carts and huge kilns - at this small factory in southern Iraq

The National

February 06, 2021

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