MEMP preserves Baghdad newspapers [1]
The Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) has microfilmed several Iraqi newspapers published in Baghdad after the 2003 invasion. The newspapers were collected by the Library of Congress Field Office in Cairo. In the months following the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, a flood of new newspaper titles hit the Iraqi streets, published by various political parties and institutions such as the Organization for Fayli Kurds, the Political Prisoners’ Organization, the Democratic Reform Party, etc. The titles included in this project provide a snapshot of the transformations and transitions taking place in Iraq at the time. Many of the titles have since ceased publication.
In addition to this first set of Baghdad newspaper titles, MEMP has approved another set of similar titles to be microfilmed later this year.
Titles already microfilmed, with the dates of MEMP holdings, include:
al-Amal al-Islami [5] Nov. 2003 - July 2004
al-Diwan [5] Apr. - May 2004
al-Ghad [6] Jan. 2004 - Jan. 2005
Hamrin [7] Jan. - Mar. 2004
al-Hiwar [8] Dec. 2003 - Jan. 2004, Aug. 2005
al-Islah [9] Mar. 2004 - July 2005
al-Istiqamah [10] Dec. 2003 - Dec. 2008
al-Mada [11] Jan. 2004 - Aug. 2009
al-Manar [12] Dec. 2003 - Apr. 2004
al-Manar al-Yawm [13] Mar. 2004 - Feb. 2007
Nida al-Watan [14] Mar. 2004 - May 2005
al-Qarar [15] Apr. 2004 - Oct. 2005
al-Rayah al-Iraqiyah [16] Jan. - May 2004
al-Sa'ah [17] Dec. 2003 - Oct. 2005
al-Shira [18] Dec. 2003 - Nov. 2004
al-Siyasi [19] Jan. - Mar. 2004
al-Tali'ah [20] Jan. - Mar. 2004, Dec. 2005
al-Tayyar [21] Feb. - Mar. 2004
al-Wifaq al-Islami [22] June - Sept. 2004