Life for the Marsh Arabs has been a question of survival since Saddam drained the wetlands in the 1990's. Once seen as the 'Garden of Eden' the land is now a salt-encrusted wasteland. "Have you seen our houses - are they fit for human beings?" asks tribesman Abdul Bari. His village has no hospital and school and his people are locked in a bloody feud with those of the neighbouring villages. The only resource found in abundance here is the huge stash of weapons used in local conflict. The schemes to re-flood the marshes are not always deemed top priority. "What can water do for us? We have no use for it," says a mother of 14. But returning exiles see the restoration of these lands as a symbolic gesture towards peace. "It was a temple to God, the only place where I felt peaceful," reminisces Azzam, a returning ex-pat. His 'Eden Again' project is an attempt to recreate the past for future generations. But it won't be easy. "It's not as simple as turning on the tap," he says. It will take some clever engineering and nature's own growth for restoration to work. "I dream of having a computer in each of these huts,".