Memorial Reading for Mutanabbi Street

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Memorial Reading for Mutanabbi Street

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120 minutes

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Nov 19, 2007

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On March 5, 2007, a car bomb exploded on Mutanabbi Street, the lively center of Baghdad bookselling, filled with bookstores, cafes, and book stalls. 30 people were killed; more than 100 were wounded. Join poets and writers to memorialize this wounding of Baghdad's literary and intellectual heart.

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Nov 19, 2007

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