We are learning Arabic

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"People were invited to write the following sentence, in Arabic, on an index card: 'We are learning the Arabic language.' All contributions were welcomed, and while some participants were experienced calligraphers, others were writing their very first letters in Arabic"--Statement from the Book Arts at the Centre for Fine Print Research, UK website.

subjects: Violence,  Pictorial works,  Booksellers and bookselling,  Bombings,  Iraq War, 2003-2011,  Protest movements,  Books and reading in art,  Intellectual life,  Social conditions,  Censorship,  Terrorism in art,  In art,  War and civilization,  Vehicle bombs,  Visual literature,  Specimens,  Words in art,  Artists' books,  Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition

People: Sarah Jacobs

Places: Iraq,  Baghdad,  England,  Bristol

Times: 21st century