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Archival Materials

Daily Agenda Book, Iraqi Republic Ministry of Information

IJA Number: 174 · Language: Arabic

This is a spiral bound notebook titled: “Iraqi Republic Ministry of Information: Agenda, 1978.” It is a daily calendar and address book and contains several handwritten annotations, including poetry and notes on syntax. The published text gives a history of Iraq, highlighting Ba’ath party revolutions, oil production, agriculture, arts and youth.

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Report on Contents of a Book

IJA Number: 683 · Language: Arabic

This is a report summarizing the contents of a book about Israel.

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Correspondence between Iraqi Government and Jewish Community – Citizenship Issues; Financial Matters; New Community Leaders

IJA Number: 2747 · Language: Arabic

These are archival materials from the Baghdadi Jewish community containing correspondence from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews and the President of the Jewish Community. It includes: letters to and from the Minister of Justice concerning the death of Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri; requests for assistance from community members; elections for the Jewish community council; donation of Torahs to the Ministry of Justice’s library upon request; letters to and from the General Organization for Housing regarding the Jewish cemetery; correspondence with the Secretary of Frozen Funds regarding: the sale of frozen shares in the Times publishing company; shareholders with revoked nationality; company liquidation; and debt repayment; correspondence with the Revolutionary Command Council including letters to Saddam Hussein, then Deputy of the Revolutionary Command Council, regarding complaints about the seizure of property revenues and confiscation of a bank account belonging to Iraqi Jews; correspondence with the Director of Public Security regarding new citizenship laws; correspondence with the president of the Alliance of Non-Zionist Jews in Canada regarding his visit to Iraq; and correspondence to the United Nations, expressing the Iraqi Jewish community’s loyalty to Iraq. There is also a request to the Ministry of Information for Assyrian, Sabean, Yazidi, and Jewish holidays to be included in the annual calendar; a letter from the General Broadcasting and Television Office regarding the film, Man of Peace; a letter regarding the gift of Torah scrolls to the Jewish communities in England and Sweden; a letter to Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (President of Iraq), complaining of the continuation of discrimination against Jews in spite of the decree to treat Iraqi Jews equally as Iraqi citizens; letters to the Ministry of the Interior regarding the freezing of bank accounts; permission to sell properties; the confiscation of a synagogue in Basrah; maintaining and revocation of Iraqi nationality; and a list of community members eligible to serve on the administrative council. There are also copies of the Iraqi Gazette from 1958, 1961 and 1973.

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Books

وكالة المخابرات المركزية و العاملون في الاستخبارات

IJA Number: 2500 · Language: Arabic

This is a book summary titled "The CIA and Intelligence Workers." It is likely a review or translation of Victor Marchetti's most popular work, "The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence," first published in 1974.

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Arabic Newspaper Clippings Regarding Jews Emigrating from Iraq

IJA Number: 2746 · Language: Arabic

This is a collection of newspaper clippings in Arabic. Articles include content such as: Anti-Jewish themes; the Iraqi government's response to Jewish emigration; Jews in Muslim and/or Arab countries; citizenship laws and the abrogation of citizenship; Zionism; Anti-Jewish legislation. The newspapers are: النباء (Al-Nabā’); الامة (Al-‘Umma); الحصون (Al-Ḥaṣūn); اليقظة (Al-Yaqaẓa/Al-Yaqẓa); الدخبار (Al-Dakhbār); لواء الاستقلال (Lawā’ Al-Istiqlāl); الزمان (Al-Zamān); الحواداث (Al-Ḥawādth); الدفة (Al-Dafah); الاخبار (Al-Akbār); النهار (Al-Nahār); الفخ (Al-Fakh); الاراء (Al-Arā’)

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Issues of Iraqi Gazette

IJA Number: 2875 · Language: Arabic

These are editions of the official Iraqi government newspaper, "The Iraqi Gazette." Each issue contains articles pertaining to recent government decisions, laws, and declarations.

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Egypt and Israel Peace Process Conference Report

IJA Number: 1923 · Language: Arabic

This is a report about a conference between Egypt and Israel concerning the Peace Process in the late 1970s. The report describes the conference in detail and contains the text of some speeches delivered at the conference by the Egyptian, Israeli, and American delegations.

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