Baghdad marketplace oasis holds 'Iraq of dreams'

AFP English 2012-03-16

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After a recent wave of attacks in Baghdad, urbane intellectuals sought refuge, as they have for years, in a storied marketplace that has been their oasis in the capital's chaos: Mutanabi Street. Duration: 02:13.
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