Al Mutanabbi Street I by Elsi Vassdal EllisI have avoided revisiting Iraq for a few years now. The multi layers of war and politics, internal and external to Iraq, created a black hole in my creative life. I needed to take a sabbatical from my attention to this war. When invited to participate in An Inventory of Al Mutanabbi Street by Beau Beausoleil, I girded up my loins, so to speak, and opened the Iraq door again. This is the first of three editions on Al Mutanabbi Street. It is a