Blogger picks up charcoal after visiting Al-Mutanabbe St.

More art, and another artist (sorry, that link's about a month old, but still a good story). Meanwhile art imitates life, Iraq's first post war soapie.

And one more (sorry, this is a bit of an old link too, from December last year) another artist inspired by Al-Mutanabbi St "I rushed to the used booksellers in al-Mutanabbi Street in the centre of Baghdad, who sell old books every Friday and I ..."