Iraq, 1st issue May 1963; a monthly magazine published by the Ministry of Guidance; Aleiraq, majalat shahriat muswarat tusadiruha wazart alarshad

Baghdad: Ministry of Guidance, 1963. Wraps. 11 x 8.75 inches, softcover, very good, light wear and rubbing. 40 pp, illustrated, text in ARABIC. Uncommon. Celebrating the new government in Iraq, this journal is the first issue of a Ba'athist Party magazine. A military coup by the Iraqi branch of the Ba'ath Party in February 1963 overthrew the prime minister of Iraq, Abdul-Karim Qasim in favour of a Ba'athist government. The coup was followed nine months later by a counter coup that saw the removal of the new government and a purging of Ba'ath Party members by Qasim's former deputy, Abdul Salam Arif who held the ceremonial title of president. He remained president after the purge until his death in 1966. This magazine celebrates the new government and its initiatives, including modernizing the treatment and status of females in the country. Uncommon. Very good. Item #h45721

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