Is Al-Mutanabbi Street our Street?

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Time Out says

Readings by film director and writer Maysoon Pachachi and an introduction by Dr Gillian Partington to launch the library's exhibition about Al Mutanabbi Street, which was named after the tenth-century Arab poet Abu' Tayib al-Mutanabbi and known for centuries as the heart and soul of the Baghdad literary and intellectual community. On March 5, 2007, a car bomb destroyed the street's book market and Shabandar Café. More than 30 people were killed and over a hundred were injured. Booking essential.

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