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Al Hawza

Al Hawza or al Hauza was an Arabic language weekly newspaper in Iraq.

History and profile

Al Hawza started publication in 2003 It was a weekly newspaper published every Thursday. The paper was a religious cultural publication. Its chairman was Abbas Al Rubayi. Hasan Al Zarkani served as the editor. Ali Yasseri was the editor of the paper when it was suspended.

It was shut down by the 759th Military Police Battalion, under orders of the United States-led administration of Paul Bremer on 28 March 2004, after being accused of encouraging violence against Coalition troops. The closure of the weekly was protested by hundreds of Iraqis in Baghdad shortly after the ban.

References

References

  1. "The new Iraqi press, 2003". Al Bab.
  2. Nir Rosen. (31 March 2004). "US newspaper ban plays into cleric's hands". Asia Times.
  3. Ahmed K. Al-Rawi. (7 August 2012). "Media Practice in Iraq". Palgrave Macmillan.
  4. (29 May 2004). "G.I.'s Padlock Baghdad Paper Accused of Lies". The New York Times.
  5. (2008). "Lincoln's Censor: Milo Hascall and Freedom of the Press in Civil War Indiana". Purdue University Press.
  6. (29 March 2004). "Iraqi outcry as US bans newspaper". BBC.
  7. (29 May 2004). "Closure of Shiite Newspaper in Baghdad Sparks Protests". PBS.
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