Digital Archive of the Middle East

Items

• Al-Nasiriyah No.69 (3 December 1983)
  Issue of the independent, London-based weekly newspaper 'Annaseria/Al-Nasiriyah' for 3 December 1983
• Al-Tahrir Issue 10 (May 1985)
  Issue No. 10 (May 1985) of Al-Tahrir, the newspaper of the Iraqi People's Liberation Army, an organization founded in the mid-1960s that opposed the ruling Ba'athist party rule. This issue contains a report on the group's participation with the Iraqi National Democratic Front in the Conference of Arab Revolutionary Forces held in Libya, news from the war with Iran, and other topics.
• Al-Tahrir Issue 11 (November 1985)
  Issue No. 11 (November 1985) of Al-Tahrir, the newspaper of the Iraqi People's Liberation Army, an organization founded in the mid-1960s that opposed the ruling Ba'athist party rule. This issue contains news from the war with Iran, criticisms of Saddam's role in the war with a cartoon of him eating himself, reports on revolutionary activities in Nicaragua. and other topics.
• Al-Tahrir Issue 6 (July 1983)
  Issue No. 6 (July 1983) of Al-Tahrir, the newspaper of the Iraqi People's Liberation Army, an organization founded in the mid-1960s that opposed the ruling Ba'athist party rule. This issue contains news from the war with Iran, a long article on Marxist-Leninist doctrine and the future of Iraqi Communism, the fascist regime in Turkey and other topics.
• Al-Tahrir Issue 7 (January 1984)
  Issue No. 7 (January 1984) of Al-Tahrir, the newspaper of the Iraqi People's Liberation Army, an organization founded in the mid-1960s that opposed the ruling Ba'athist party rule. This issue contains news from the war with Iran, as well as recent events in Palestine and Nicaragua, plus criticism of the Iraq National Council.
• Al-Tahrir Issue 8 (May 1984)
  Issue No. 8 (May 1984) of Al-Tahrir, the newspaper of the Iraqi People's Liberation Army, an organization founded in the mid-1960s that opposed the ruling Ba'athist party rule. This issue contains news from the war with Iran, an article on the fiftieth anniversary of Iraqi Communism, articles on Lenin, Sudan and other topics.
• Al-Tahrir Issue 9 (November 1984)
  Issue No. 9 (November 1984) of Al-Tahrir, the newspaper of the Iraqi People's Liberation Army, an organization founded in the mid-1960s that opposed the ruling Ba'athist party rule. This issue contains news from the war with Iran, an article on the fiftieth anniversary of Iraqi Communism, articles on Lenin, Sudan and other topics.
• Al-Thawra al-`Arabiyya No.4 (6 May 1981)
  Issue No.4 (6 May 1981) of of Al-Thawra al-`Arabiyya, the newspaper of the Nasserite Socialist Party of Iraq, with articles on the arms deal with Sadat, the sixth anniversary of the Algiers Agreement with the Shah of Iran, and other topics dealing with Nasserist Arab Socialism
• Al-Thawra al-`Arabiyya No.5 (August 1981)
  Issue No.5 (August 1981) of of Al-Thawra al-`Arabiyya, the newspaper of the Nasserite Socialist Party of Iraq
• Al-Thawra al-`Arabiyya Special Report (20 May 1981)
  A special four-page issue of Al-Thawra al-`Arabiyya (20 May 1981), the newspaper of the Nasserite Socialist Party of Iraq, with an intelligence report on various events in Iraq
• An article on the Kurdish National Liberation Movement, based on a book by Aziz Shemzini
  A five-page article on the Kurdish National Liberation Movement, based on Aziz Shemzini’s book 'Jolaneweyi Rizgari Nishtimani Kurdistan' [The Patriotic Freedom Movements from Kurdistan]. Aziz Shemzini was a prominent member of the KDP in the 1940s - the grandson of Abdel Kader Shemzini, he received a doctorate in Leningrad in 1958. His book was published in Kurdish, Arabic and Russian.
• An Exchange between the Communist International and High Representatives of Mesopotamia (1922)
  An exchange of letters between the High Representatives of Mesopotamia and Grigorii Zinoviev, Chairman of the Communist International, both criticising the British administration, its motives and policies. Translated and annotated by Burak Sayım.
• An Iraqi Doctor’s Medical Address (1927)
  Text of an address about child health by Dr. Hanna Khayyat, Director of Public Health in Iraq under the British Mandate, given on 23 December 1927 and published in the journal 'Majjalat al-Tibbiyyah al-Baghdadiyyah'. Translated from the original Arabic and annotated by Sara Farhan.
• Annual Abstract of Statistics 1969 — Republic of Iraq
  An official annual statistical yearbook published by the Central Statistical Organization, Ministry of Planning, Republic of Iraq, for the year 1969. A bilingual Arabic/English reference volume providing comprehensive national statistics on population, economy, industry, agriculture, trade, health, education, and public services in Iraq.
• Annual Journal of the Kurdish Students Society in Europe, No. 13, 1969.
  46-page issue of the Annual Journal of the Kurdish Students Society in Europe, No. 13, (1969) edited by Dara Attar and containing articles by Lord Kilbracken, Taufiq Wahby and C.J. Edmonds.
• Babylon booklet
  20 page booklet on the ancient site at Babylon, in English, Arabic, German, Russian and French, published in 1982 by the Iraqi Ministry of Culture and Information's State Organization of Antiquities and Heritage. In addition to a descriptive history of the site, there are plans, photographs, artistic reconstructions of the buildings and illustrations of Babylonian costume.
• Baghdad City Map, circa 1960s
  Baghdad City Map, Issued by the Summer Resorts and Tourism Service, Baghdad. Circa Mid C20th
• Baghdad No. 9 (July 1974)
  Issue No.9 of 'Baghdad' magazine, published in July 1974 by the Iraqi Ministry of Information and containing articles on The Kurdish Academy in Baghdad, Abu Mnaycir summer camp, medieval Baghdad, Arabic calligraphy, traditional Iraqi music and other topics.
• Baghdad Observer (17 March 1981) Vol. VIII, No.4017
  Issue 4017 (17 March 1981) of the Baghdad Observer with articles covering topics including President Saddam Hussein's visit to Diyala province, Ramadhan arrives in Berlin, and Izzat Ibrahim sending off a new batch of Popular Army fighters to the war with Iran.
• Baghdad Observer (1st April 1981) Vol. VIII, No.4032
  1st April 1981 issue of the Baghdad Observer. Discusses political, social and various other subjects and historical moments, primarily focussing on, but not limited to, the regions of Iraq and the wider Middle East. Some of the headings in this issue include: King Hussein receives Iraqi Minister Kurds attack Khomeini guards Iraqi planes destroy enemy bridge
• Baghdad Observer, Vol. VIII, No. 4063
  Complete eight-page issue of Baghdad Observer (Vol. VIII, No. 4063), published on 2 May 1981. The issue contains reports on Iraqi military operations during the Iran–Iraq War, nationwide May Day celebrations, labour and trade union activities, higher education and university development, Iraqi literature and culture, religious and political commentary, Arab economic and mineral resource conferences, regional and international affairs, and national and international sports coverage. The issue reflects political, social, economic, cultural, and military developments in Iraq and the wider Middle East during the early 1980s.
• Baghdad, December No. 8 1973
• Basra, early 1980s
  B&W photograph of a street in Basra during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), with sandbags visible as a protection against air attack
• Bibliography of the Arab Baath Socialist Party Literature
  A bilingual bibliographic reference reference work cataloguing the literature and publications of the Arab Baath Socialist Party, compiled by Harbi Mousa Hossein and Fuad Yousuf Qazanji. Published by the Iraqi Ministry of Information
• British documents on Mustafa Barzani (1903-79)
  Selection of documents on Mustafa Barzani, including three pages of handwritten biographical notes on diplomatic notepaper and a typed transcript of an interview with Barzani by Richard Beeston (1926-2015)