Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here - 9781604865905

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 explain why this attack was an attack on us all. Chapters examine al-Mutanabbi Street as a place for the free exchange of ideas, a place that has long offered its sanctuary to the complete spectrum of Iraqi voices, and a place where the roots of democracy took hold many hundreds of years ago.

Informazioni bibliografiche

• Titolo del Libro in lingua: Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here
• Sottotitolo: Poets and Writers Respond to the March 5th, 2007, Bombing of Baghdad's "Street of the Booksellers"
• Lingua: English
• Autori :  Beausoleil Beau (EDT) Shehabi Deema (EDT)
• Editore: Pm Pr
• Collana: Pm Pr (Paperback)
• Data di Pubblicazione: 20 Agosto '12
• Genere: POETRY
• Pagine: 290
• Dimensioni mm: 228 x 152 x 0
• ISBN-10: 1604865903
• EAN-13: 9781604865905