Babel (newspaper)
Babel was an Iraqi newspaper which was published under the direction of Uday Hussein, the son of Saddam Hussein.[1]
History and profile[]
Babel was launched during the Gulf War in 1991.[2] It was one of the newspapers owned by Uday Hussein.[3] He was also the founder of the paper which was published both in Arabic and English.[4]
The paper was banned by then Iraqi government for one month in November 2002 for unexplained causes.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Saddam pounces on son's newspaper". BBC. 20 November 2002. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ "توقيف صحيفة بابل عن الصدور لمدة شهر". Al Jazeera (in Arabic). 20 November 2002. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ Kelly Whalen. "Uday Saddam Hussein". PBS. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ Ahmed K. Al-Rawi (7 August 2012). Media Practice in Iraq. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-137-20660-2.
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