{"product_id":"9781604865905","title":"Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Poets and Writers Respond to the March 5th, 2007, Bombing of Baghdad's \"Street of the Booksellers\"","description":"\u003cbr\u003eOn 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 \u003ci\u003eWhere does al-Mutanabbi Street start?\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031477666032,"sku":"9781604865905","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781604865905_p0.jpg?v=1763829749","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781604865905","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}