Mosul's new literary cafe brings together readers, budding writers - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Marta Bellingreri

Marta Bellingreri

Dec 9, 2018

Patrons at Book Forum in Mosul, Iraq. Picture uploaded Jan. 18, 2018. — Facebook/BookForumMosul

Years of war and insurgency have taken a heavy toll on Iraq's many cultural treasures

In Iraq, UN culture chief vows to help rebuild

Agence France-Presse

Iraqi students walk near a building of the central Library of the University of Mosul, in Mosul, Iraq May 14, 2018. Picture taken May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily - RC1B179A97E0

Palestinians mobilize to restore Mosul library in memory of past Iraqi support

Rasha Abou Jalal

Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Residents gather at the Shabandar Cafe in Baghdad's Mutanabi street April 5, 2011. Reading books, buying books and discussing books are the defining pleasures of being a Baghdad intellectual, and for generations the life of the mind has orbited around this lane, the booksellers' market of the Iraqi capital. Four years ago, in a blow felt deeply by Iraq's intelligentsia, a car bomb killed 26 people here. Now, the street is again open, guarded and seemingly safe, and jammed every Friday with students, profess

Iraqi writer brings Persian literature to Arab world

Farahmand Alipour

Rabat, MOROCCO: Visitors attend the 13th edition of the Casablanca International Book Fair, 13 February 2007. The event gathers some 600 exhibitors from sixty different countries. The Justice and Development party (PJD) accused the Ministry of Culture of preventing Islamic publishing companies from exhibiting. AFP PHOTO / ABDELHAK SENNA (Photo credit should read ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP/Getty Images)

Hamas prevents Arabic fiction award finalist from leaving Gaza

Asmaa al-Ghoul