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"The Elite Leap: School of Physical Education and Commando Training (1952)"
This photograph, dating back seventy years to January 17, 1952, captures the Commando Training Course (Al-Sa'iqa), Class...
The Military College: A Factory of Champions
Since its inception, the Military College has consistently held its annual sports festival, attended by kings and presid...
A Sporting Mission to the Soviet Union: Moscow and Yerevan"
In accordance with the military sports protocol established between Iraq and the Soviet Union more than fifty years ago,...
Twenty-Five Years of International Officiating
In 1959–1960, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) sent a telegram to the Iraqi Federation requesting the part...
My Journey with Track and Field: The 800m and Relay Races
Over 73 years ago, I participated for the first time in the track and field events organized by the Ministry of Knowledg...
A Leap Toward Professionalism: Baghdad, Early 1960s
This photograph dates back more than sixty years to the early 1960s, taken at the Al-Kashafa Stadium in Baghdad (Al-Kasr...
Royal Photographs Across Two Eras
The First Photograph: A rare image from the reign of His Majesty King Ghazi, as he presents the championship trophy to t...
From the Annals of History: The British Withdrawal from Habbaniya (1956)
In 1956, British forces withdrew from the military base in Habbaniya, west of Iraq in Al-Anbar province. To mark this hi...
A Historic Encounter at Sarsink (1953): Diplomacy Through the King's Lens
One year after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, led by Gamal Abdel Nasser, and to strengthen the bonds of friendship wit...
A Sporting Mission to Tunisia (1962)
In 1962, approximately sixty years ago, and in accordance with the sports protocol established between Iraq and Tunisia,...
Reflections on Legends: Between Pelé and Ammo Baba
While watching the television screens and media coverage of the passing of the Brazilian football legend "Pelé," and obs...
The Army Basketball Championship (1951) Captured during my time as a student in the Advanced Military Class at the Military College.
Featured in the photograph (from right):
Colonel (Col.) Assi Hammoud Al-Jaber, Commander of the Capital Guard Battali...
The Iraqi Military Basketball Team – CISM World Championship (Istanbul, Turkey, 1966)
The Iraqi military basketball team participating in the International Military Sports Council (CISM) championship held i...
A Forty-Five-Year-Old Archive: Alif Baa Magazine (1978)
I have preserved this segment of an article for forty-five years, published in Alif Baa magazine (Issue No. 505) on Apri...
A Reunion That Restored the Joy of Fifty Years
I experienced a reunion that brought back the joy of more than fifty years, meeting with the remaining pioneers and star...
"Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad (1966-1967): A Glint from the Golden Era"
"Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad (1966-1967): A Glint from the Golden Era"
This photograph, dating back roughly fifty-sev...
A Legendary Start: The Military College Basketball Team (1949-1950)
A Legendary Start: The Military College Basketball Team (1949-1950)
This photograph, dating back roughly seventy-four...
The Iraqi Military College Delegation's Visit to Egypt in 1966 – At the Giza Pyramids
The Iraqi Military College Delegation's Visit to Egypt in 1966 – At the Giza Pyramids
Appearing in the photograph:
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"Honoring the Pioneers of the Sports Movement" Published in Al-Jumhuriya Newspaper – March 11, 2002
"Honoring the Pioneers of the Sports Movement"
Published in Al-Jumhuriya Newspaper – March 11, 2002
An article publi...
"A Servant King Among the People"
"A Servant King Among the People"
It was a long-standing tradition for the Royal Family during Eid al-Fitr and Eid al...
"The King’s Eid Among the People"
"The King’s Eid Among the People"
It was a long-standing tradition for the Royal Family during Eid al-Fitr and Eid al...
On This Very Day: A Seventy-Seven-Year-Old Memory
On This Very Day: A Seventy-Seven-Year-Old Memory
This photograph dates back exactly seventy-seven years to May 2, 19...
A Visit of Honor: Golden Champion Rahim Jaber Al-Fatlawi
A Visit of Honor: Golden Champion Rahim Jaber Al-Fatlawi
Yesterday, I was honored by a visit to my home from the Asia...
Track and field events, including the 400m steeplechase and tennis.
The 14th Anniversary of the Departure of the Legend: "Ammo Baba"
These days mark the 14th anniversary of the passing ...