Babel (newspaper)

Babel

بابل

Red sharp letters skewed towards left that spells out "Babil" appears as logo of the newspaper[1][2]
TypePolitical newspaper, Propaganda, Opinion
EditorUday Hussein
FoundedDuring the Gulf War in 1991
Political alignmentIraqi Ba'athism
LanguageArabic (regularly)
English (occasionally, under title "Iraq Daily")[2][3]
Ceased publicationNovember 2002 (for certainity in 2003)
Country Ba'athist Iraq

Babel (Arabic: بابل, lit. "Babylon") was an Iraqi newspaper which was published under the direction of Uday Hussein, the son of Saddam Hussein. It was known for carrying Western reports on Iraq's conflict with the United States and was said to be the most influential newspaper in the country and alongside the television channel Youth TV (Al-Shabab), which aired reports by other Arab channels not usually heard on Iraq's state-run media, it was one of two media administered by Uday Hussein independent from Iraqi authorities.[4]

  1. ^ "الگاردينيا - مجلة ثقافية عامة - "صدام حسين" يدعو حراسه لوجبة غداء على حسابه وهرب منهم من الباب الخلفي ؟". www.algardenia.com.
  2. ^ a b "توقيف صحيفة بابل عن الصدور لمدة شهر". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference MediaPracticeinIraq was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Saddam pounces on son's newspaper". BBC. 20 November 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2020.