Iraqi Writers Protest Against Alcohol Ban

I don't drink alcohol, but I know plenty of people who use alcohol as a 'writer's lubricant', and so I thought it was funny (and awesome) to see a bunch of Iraqi writers protesting an alcohol ban. Some of my favorite writing on Palestine involves the writers' clubs and coffee houses in the early 1900's (see the book "Mountain Against the Sea" by Salim Tamari), and I have an historical affinity for writers in the Arab coffee houses, so I would really like to hang out with these guys.