Mutanabbi Street exhibit poster






Latest articles from "The Christian Century":

LETTERS (November 14, 2012)

The lure of Mormon romance (November 14, 2012)

The poor are still with us (November 14, 2012)

After controversial video, Catholic leaders explain relations with Islam (November 14, 2012)

CENTURY marks (November 14, 2012)

Ministers and musicians: Allies or adversaries? (November 14, 2012)

Beyond anger and blame (November 14, 2012)

Other interesting articles:

Mennonite pastor in Honduras killed
Canadian Mennonite (February 20, 2012)

Della Francesca 1475-2011
The Christian Century (February 22, 2012)

THE DIFFERENCE NOTHING MAKES: CREATIO EX NIHILO, RESURRECTION, AND DIVINE GRATUITY
Theological Studies (September 1, 2011)

Rains
The Christian Century (February 23, 2010)

Estructura mediática y neoconservadurismo: Rupert Murdoch y su desembarco en EE.UU/Media Structure and Neoconservatism: Rupert Murdoch and his Media Arrival in the USA
Estudios Sobre el Mensaje Periodistico (January 1, 2011)

Worship
The Christian Century (March 21, 2012)

Sea of Script
The Christian Century (June 13, 2012)

Publication: The Christian Century
Author: Copan, Lil
Date published: June 14, 2011

Mutanabbi Street exhibit poster, by Frank Riccio and Garrett Queen

On March 5, 2007, a car bomb exploded on al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad, an area of booksellers that is the literary heart of the city. The bomb killed 30 people and wounded others. In response, a group of U.S. printers and artists formed the Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition. The coalition honors the dead as well as the role of literature in preserving culture and forming the conscience of a people. The coalition's work is housed at the Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts at Florida Atlantic University. This particular broadside or poster, by Frank Riccio, an illustrator, and Garrett Queen, who typeset and printed the work on letterpress, was produced at the Virginia Arts of the Book Center. It features a text from Akiba ben Joseph, one of the great scholars and founders of rabbinic Judaism.

- Lil Copan

The use of this website is subject to the following Terms of Use