The Baghdad Observer Digital Archivelink opens in a new window includes full-text and digital images of Iraq's official English language newspaper from 1997 through 1992, and 1995-1996. Representing the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein, it presents an alternative view of events in the Middle East and around the world.
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After the previous Iraqi government closed two major English language newspapers, they established the Baghdad Observer at the end of 1976. When the Ba’athists rose to power in 1968, the government continued the Baghdad Observer as their official English-language newspaper.
The paper provides alternate views on major events in the Middle East, including the Iranian Revolution, the Iran-Iraq War, and the first Gulf War. As an official publication, it covered the cult of personality around Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi Ba'athist de-emphasizing pan-Arabism, leftism, and anti-imperialism, during a period of ethnic and sectarian repression within the country.
Platform: Global Press Archive
Full-text: All items
Content Update: Closed/one-time collection
Date Coverage: December 7, 1967 - December 30, 1992; March 26, 1995 - January 3, 1996
Number of records: 7,671 issues / 60,971 pages
Access: Stanislaus State Library one-time purchase (with annual access fee)
Provider: East View
Library Guides URL: https://library.csustan.edu/baghdad-observer-archive
Library PURL: https://libpurl.csustan.edu/s/purl.php?2515
