King Arthur of the Sewers and Slums Born by the River Thames 1840 Died by the River Tigris 1876 “Hi, Arthur…” she says. “I’m sorry you’ll be submerged in water when they finish building the dam. Our houses and grapevines and fig groves, even Grandma’s pistachio trees, will drown…Hasankeyf is going to disappear. It’s very sad, but there’s nothing we can do about it. The government wants us all to leave. You won’t be seeing our community again.”
