Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here collection, 2007-2019

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Series V: Photographs

The photography project, Shadow and Light, was begun in late 2018 as a response to the assassination of over 300 Iraqi academics between the years 2003-2013, a timeframe which roughly parallels the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. Participants photographers, academics, translators, artists, etc.) from all over the world each selected the name of an assassinated Iraqi academic to memorialize with a photograph, accompanied by a statement, to make visible these individuals. In May of 2023, there are 57 photographs in the project archive.

The list of academics used was found on the website www.iraqsolidaridad.org, which as of 2023 is not live.