"Enghelab Avenue is the title of my recent series of books, which was produced as part of a group project called Al-Mutanabbi Street. In my books, I closed the distance between Al-Mutanabbi Street - a street that held bookstores - and a similar 'cultural street, ' for instance, Enghelab Avenue in Tehran (Iran). Enghelab Avenue is one of the most famous streets in the heart of Tehran, which is full of bookstores, and second-hand booksellers. It is also the street where many universities are located. These books - Enghelab Avenue I, II and III - are a combination of text and images. These were inspired by a book called 'Nadja' (1928, Andre Breton)"--Artist's personal website (viewed June 23, 2015).

On March 5th, 2007, a car bomb exploded on al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. Al-Mutanabbi Street is located in a mixed Shia-Sunni area. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 wounded. Al-Mutanabbi Street, the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, holds bookstores and outdoor bookstalls, cafes, stationery shops, and even tea and tobacco shops. It has been the longstanding heart and soul of the Baghdad literary and intellectual community for centuries. In response to the attack, a San Francisco poet and bookseller, Beau Beausoleil, rallied a community of international artists and writers to produce a collection of letterpress-printed broadsides (poster-like works on paper), artists' books (unique works of art in book form), and an anthology of writing, all focused on expressing solidarity with Iraqi booksellers, writers and readers. The coalition of contributing artists calls itself Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition.

Gift; Beau Beausoleil; 2019-2020.