Poetic readings to remember victims

An event to remember victims of the Mutanabi Street attack in Iraq will be held in Melbourne.

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Mutanabi Street is known in Iraq for housing books stores and it was attacked with a car bomb back in 2007.

Dozens of Iraqi civilians, including people interested in literature, were killed during the attack.

Yousif Rimawi, organizer of the event, tells SBS Arabic24 about the event.