Babel (newspaper)

Babel was an Iraqi newspaper which was published under the direction of Uday Hussein, the son of Saddam Hussein.[1]

For other uses, see Babel (disambiguation).

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
  1. "Saddam pounces on son's newspaper". BBC. 20 November 2002. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  2. "توقيف صحيفة بابل عن الصدور لمدة شهر". Al Jazeera (in Arabic). 20 November 2002. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. Kelly Whalen. "Uday Saddam Hussein". PBS. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  4. 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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