Basrayatha keyword-work his friends rescued letters

his friends rescued letters

culture has long been used as a political weapon

From the grandiose histories of grand state building projects to the minutiae of street signs and corner pubs

In an evocative montage of words and pictures

December 1989

Basrayatha keyword-work his friends rescued lettersBasrayatha is a literary tribute by author Muhammad Khudayyir to the city of his birth, Basra, on the Shatt al Arab waterway in southern Iraq. Just as a citys inhabitants differ from outsiders through their knowledge of its streets and stories, so Khudayyir distinguishes between the real city of Basra and the imagined city he created through stories, experiences, and folklore. By turns a memoir, a travelog, a love letter, and a meditation, Basrayatha