Al-Mutanabbi Street is located in Baghdad, Iraq, near the old quarter of Baghdad; at al-Rashid Street. The street is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a street filled with bookstores and out
The street in 1920.
The buildings on the end of al-Mutanabbi Street
Picture from 2017 featuring an evening scene in the street
The exterior of the Shabandar Café
The coffeehouse culture of Baghdad is a set of traditions and social behaviors in old, local, or traditional Baghdadi coffeehouses in Baghdad, Iraq. Ever since their inception in the 1500s, cafés have
Iraqi chai as served in Shabandar Café
Illustration of the Hassan Pasha Café in Baghdad from the 1840s
A street coffeehouse in Iraq during World War I
Nuri al-Said's portrait can be found in many Baghdadi coffeehouses even to this day.