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Last updated:Β 8 december, 2010 - 16:24 GMT

Iraqi publishing: picture gallery

Al Muthanna bookshop in Baghdad

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Iraq's publishing and book-selling industry has been damaged by decades of war, sanctions and violence.

However, Baghdad's al-Muthanna Library - a traditional Iraqi bookshop and publisher, founded in 1936 - has just released its first catalogue of fiction and non-fiction titles for the international market since the war.

Anna discusses the significance of this event with the Iraqi author Tamara Chalabi.

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