This collection supports and promotes awareness to the important mission and framework of the Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition's focus on the lasting power of the written word and the arts in support of the free expression of ideas, the preservation of shared cultural spaces, and the importance of responding to attacks, both overt and subtle, on artists, writers, and academics working under oppressive regimes or in zones of conflict, despite the destruction of that literary/cultural content.

"German artist Friederun Friederichs constructs intricate artists' books. Visually arresting and meticulously crafted, Friederichs explores the form from every angle. Incorporating Grimm's fairy tales, found images, her travel experiences, and literature, Friederichs creates a world of intrigue in a book format. Her work is collected by some of the most prestigious museums and libraries around the world including: Herzog August Bibliothek, Kunst-und Museumsbibliothek, Deutsches Spielkartenmuseum, and the Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Arthur & Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts"--Art Knowledge News website (viewed June 24, 2015).