Journal Iraq (Arabic: جورنال عراق) was the first newspaper in Iraq and the first Arabic-language newspaper published in the Arab World. It was published by Mamluk ruler Dawud Pasha in Baghdad in 1816.[1]

Journal Iraq
جورنال عراق
PublisherDawud Pasha
Founded1816
HeadquartersBaghdad

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  1. ^ Abdallah Shalaby, Salah al Din al Jurshi, Mostafa El Nabarawy, Moheb Zaki, Qays Jawad Azzawi, Antoine Nasri Messarra (2010). Towards a Better Life: How to Improve the State of Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa. GPoT. p. 124. ISBN 978-605-4233-21-2. Retrieved 4 October 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)