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An Inventory of al Mutanabbi Street

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Dates:6 February 2013 - 29 July 2013
Times:All day
What is it:Exhibitions
Organiser:The John Rylands Library
Venue opening hours:Monday 12noon - 5pm; Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 12noon - 5pm
Who is it for:General public
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This exhibition is the result of a project concieved by poet Beau Beausoleil and artist Sarah Bodman to "re-assemble" the "inventory" of reading material that was lost in the car bombing of al-Mutanabbi Street on 5 March 2007 - an attack in which more than 30 people died and more than 100 were wounded.

Book artists from around the world were asked to produce works which reflected both the strength and fragility of books, but also showed the endurance of the ideas within them, in response to the attack on the heart and soul of the Baghdad literary and intellectual community.

"The project is both a lament and a commemoration of the singular power of words. We hope that these books will make visible the literary bridge that connects us, made of words and images that move back and forth between the readers in Iraq and ourselves" - The al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition

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