Violence Changes Fortunes Of Storied Baghdad Street
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Upstairs, the blue bedroom door of Nabil al-Hayawi's only son Yahye was locked, sealing in the artifacts of his short life. (article 2)
The frail bookseller's voice quivered as he recalled the car bombing that killed his son and his brother and razed the family's bookshop on Baghdad's storied Mutanabi Street. (article 2)
Decades of dictatorship, war and international sanctions, followed by five years of occupation, insurgency and sectarian strife, have not defeated the Hayawis. (article 2)
On a recent Saturday, Hayawi and his older brother Nabil, both Sunni Muslims, sat at a neatly kept desk inside their store. (article 4)
On an iron staircase, next to a sign that read " 40 to 50% off on all books hung a portrait of their late father. (article 4)
Four, including Nabil, left Iraq after the February bombing of a Shiite holy shrine in Samarra, which triggered an avalanche of reprisal killings. (article 4)
He waded through the rubble, using a book in his right hand to bat back flames, his left hand to propel forward. (article 1)
On a recent day, Nabil walked past the high, yellow stone wall of Cairo's renowned al-Azhar mosque and headed into the Turkish Alley district. (article 3)
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Story keywords
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Nabil, Hayawi, Mutanabi, BAGHDAD, Iraq |
Source articles
- A Baghdad Bookseller, Bound to His Country (Washington Post, 07/11/2008, 363 words)
- Bookstore holds hope of Iraqi renaissance (ft.com, 07/12/2008, 835 words)
- A Baghdad Bookseller, Bound to His Country (Washington Post, 07/11/2008, 346 words)
- Violence Changes Fortunes Of Storied Baghdad Street (Washington Post, 07/11/2008, 466 words)
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