Editing Setting pole (section)

===Mesopotamian Marshes===
Setting poles are also used widely on the [[Mesopotamian Marshes]] to propel the [[mashoof]] canoes used by the [[Marsh Arabs]]. These poles are called ''marda'' ([[wikt:مردي|مُرْدِيّ]] in [[Modern Standard Arabic|Literary Arabic]]) and are {{convert|10|-|13|ft|meter|abbr=off|sp=us}} long and made from wood and sturdy [[reed (plant)|reed]]s.<ref name=Kubba>{{Cite book| publisher = Trans Pacific Press| isbn = 9780863723339| last = Kubba| first = Sam| title = The Iraqi Marshlands and the Marsh Arabs: The Ma'dan, Their Culture and the Environment| date = 2011| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GoiR2Jy57LwC&q=The%20Marsh%20Arabs&pg=PA36}}</ref>{{rp|69}}