Al-Mutanabbi Street: Not Turning the Page
Described as the cultural and intellectual center of Iraq, bookstores, cafes and outdoor book stalls line Al-Mutanabbi street. On March 5, 2007 a bomb exploded there, killing 30 and wounding 100.
Described as the cultural and intellectual center of Iraq, bookstores, cafes and outdoor book stalls line Al-Mutanabbi street. On March 5, 2007 a bomb exploded there, killing 30 and wounding 100.
Posted 03.27.2012
One largely untold cost of the Iraq war is the toll the instability took on the nation's art institutions. Baghdad's National Museum, once so excl...
Posted 01.02.2012
Just try and watch the following video without smiling. Seeing 8-year old Qamar Hashim handle a camera the size of his face and hearing his remarkably...
Posted 12.13.2011
It is hard to make it today as an artist no matter what. As an Iraqi woman growing up amidst war, poverty and oppression, Haji Khanem had many additio...
Posted 05.25.2011
Source: Mutual Art Driven out of war-torn Iraq and dispersed around the globe, Iraqi contemporary artists - struggling to maintain a unique presenc...
Deborah Stambler | Posted 05.05.2012