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World Service,3 mins

Baghdad's Street of Ideas

Newsday

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For decades Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad was a place of refuge for the city's intellectuals and book lovers. They often gathered on Friday mornings for tea, debates and book readings. The last time our correspondent Jonny Dymond was in Baghdad, Mutanabbi Street was closed - a bomb had gone off, killing 26 people. But seven years later, Jonny has returned to the street to see how things have changed. (Picture: Iraqi people look at books displayed for sale outside a bookshop on Mutanabbi Street / Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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