Future of Al-Mutanabbi Street

Christine Kermaire

Future of Al-Mutanabbi Street, 2012

Screenprint and Letterpress

This miniature book is the third in a series commemorating the 2007 car bombing of Al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad, which serves as an important and historic literary hub. The first pages of each of the nine miniature books inside spell out “M-U-T-A-N-A-B-B-I” and contain an English translation of a poem by Al-Mutanabbi, one of the most influential Arab poets.