Issam's work will be featured in two London exhibitions between November 2008 and March 2009.

The

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An installation work of Issam's, Sound Palimpsest, which was recently acquired by the

British
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Iraq
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10 November 2008
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15 March 2009
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Babylon
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http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/galleries/middle_east/room_34_the_islamic_world/iraq's_past.aspx

The ING Discerning Eye 2008

Issam is also participating, as an Invited Artist, in this year's ING Discerning Eye exhibition at the Mall Galleries,

London
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the 23rd November 2008
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