An edition of Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here (2012)
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here
Poets and Writers Respond to the March 5th, 2007, Bombing of Baghdad's Street of the Booksellers
By Beau Beausoleil,Deema Shehabi
Publish Date
2012
Publisher
PM Press
Language
eng
Pages
256
Description:
Summary:On March 5th, 2007, a car bomb was exploded on al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad-the historic center of Baghdad bookselling-wounding more than 100 people and killing more than 30. This anthology begins with a historical introduction to al-Mutanabbi Street and includes the writing of Iraqis as well as a wide swath of international poets and writers who were outraged by this attack. Exploring the question Where does al-Mutanabbi Street start?, the book looks at both communities and nations, seeking to show the commonality between a small street in Baghdad and other individual cultural centers and e