Live Streaming Poetry Event in Basrah

Just read on nettime that Streamtime.org will be covering a poetry festival in Basrah. Here's their press release:

"Streamtime mission to produce internet radio program from Basrah, Iraq

From April 1st till 4th the Iraqi poetry carnival Merbed will take place in Basrah, in the south of Iraq. This major cultural event is organized by the Writers Association of Iraq with support of the Ministry of Culture. Merbed is a meeting point for artists in Iraq and in the Diaspora. Some 400 poets, writers and other artists and intellectuals are expected to join this second edition of Merbed after the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Streamtime is a project of Radio Reedflute in collaboration with Rastasoft, developed with artists and activists from Iraq and elsewhere. Streamtime is a loose network of media activists dedicated to assist local media to get connected. Streamtime uses old and new media for the production of content and networks in the fields of media, arts, culture and activism in crisis areas, like Iraq.
Streaming from Basrah: MERBED RADIO"