Al – Thaqafa Journal & Dr. Salah Khales 1971 – 1988

Abstract

When Iwrote my essay on "The New Al – Thaqafa Journal" and I Prepare my self to write a bout its rear "Al – Thaqafa Journal" issued by Dr. Salah Khales which appeared in Baghdad January 1971. The journal of the progressive Scientific Thought as in its introduction and its editor in chief D.r. Salah Khales and editing secretary Dr. Suad Mohammed Khadir. Its office was in Bagdad, Iraq – Al – Tahreer Square – Faruk Hashim Building, Tel.No. 84811. The last issue was on February 1988 and during the year 1971 – 1988, it stopped for three years from 1984 till 1987. The reason was Dar Al – Huryah for printing prevented the journal from providing it with paper due to Iraq – Iran War. The total of issuing was 180 issues. This Study deals with the history of the journal and how it affected the contemporary cultural life in Iraq.