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For the Review
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education held their 1st public event since the pandemic shutdowns in March 2020 by unveiling the newest shining star on their grounds entitled Al Mudhif -A Confluence.
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A crowd of more than 200 attended the grand opening which featured guest speakers, special presentations, and an up close experience inside the mudhif. As Director Mike Weilbacher so elegantly described in a recent Review issue for his Natural Selections posting, the mudhif, constructed out of reed grasses (phragmites), is the 1st one ever built outside Iraq.
The brainchild behind the endeavor was Iraqi emigree and designer Yaroub Al-Obaidi along with Seattle-based environmental artist, Sarah Kavage. The two, along with Center staff and volunteers harvested the non-native phragmites from the Centerâs grounds, the Upper Roxborough Reservoir, and the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. The volunteers included Iraqi immigrants and some vet