Timelines Iraq & Latif al Ani
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Updated: 10 Dec 2018
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Created byAnnabell Van den Berghe
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Birth Latif al AniIraq's independanceDeath of King FaisalOpening of the oil pipeline
Kirkuk to Mediterranean SeaMilitary Coup by Gen. Bakr SidqiSykes-picot agreementCreation of Iraqi state by BritishPost-colonial revolution
Collapse of the MonarchySaddam HusseinExhibition in VenicePIC: Abdul Qadir Al-Gailani Mosque,PIC: Shopping streets BaghdadPIC: ziggu-rat of Aqar Quf in Abu GhraibPIC: Palm groves - JadriyaLAST PICTURE - WHEN ???'IRAQI LETTERS' - ????? in 'Golden Age' IraqDirector of Iraqi News Agency - late '60sLatif Resigns from Iraqi News AgencyPIC: Saddam Hussein in Paris - CHECK DATE!PIC: Urbanisation in Iraq -
old versus newFirst television station in Middle East (Iraqi)PIC: Alexanderplatz BerlinLooting Ministry of Culture - lost archiveLatif founds photography department Min. of InformationLatif gets first camera (present of brother)FATHER DIES - WHEN ????
Latif still youngLatif as an ACTOR - experimentUS Travel - solo exhibitionMilitary service ????? WHENPercival Dies in 1956Before 1956 - Air PhotographyPIC: Ghoutat Dimashq
Latif's favourite pictureTrip to Aleppo2016 - Latif looking backArchive Latif - Arab Image Foundation (WHEN??)Latif forced to move.Moves to Kuweit with wife. (1977?)Return to Bagdad - NO PICTURES ANYMORE IN STREETNo beauty anymore to photographsLanding on the moon - display Tahrir squareLetter from National Geographic to make pics of Mountains (Kurdistan)1958: Beginning of the end (dixit Latif)After 1979 : Things went worse, faster.1990: Even faster and worse (dixit Latif)Worse time after 2003Acquintance Jewad Selim dies.MODERN ART GROUP - WHEN BECAME A MEMBER?PIC: King Faisal II (first pic by Latif of the king)Other PICS of King Faisal II by Latif (later) - WHEN ??PIC: President Adbul Rahman Arif - ParisNo PIC anymore but stayed in IRAQ. WHEN ??King Faisal II with Latif - dam (Samarra Barrage ????)Exhibition Latif in Berlin
Later one about Berlin at the Gulbenkian Art Center in Baghdad.PIC: Traffic conductor in empty street (Germany)PIC: Working class - socialist ideologyAfter 1963: nationalism - more journalistic and government projects1968: Censorship increasedKiosk sold out paper - calendar of el Ani
(around 2004)1941: Military coup1948: Big protest in Baghdad (al Wathba)1952: IPC and Iraqi government share 50/50 profits1952: Demonstrations in Baghdad - al-Intifada1953: King Faisal in power1955: Baghdad Pact1956: Suez crisis!1958: Military coup, end of Monarchy + Agricultural reform1959: KDP - Barzani Kurdistan1961: Independence Kuweit1961: Fights Kurdistan KDP - Iraqi forces1961: Law 80 demands not-exploited territory to return to IPC1963: Military coup by Ba'athists and National officers1963: Rifts inside Ba'ath party1964: Nationalisation (banks, business,...)1965: Fights in Kurdistan1966: Pres. Arif dies + Kurdish autonomy1967: War with Israel1968: Mil. Coup by Ba'athists and nationalists1969: Agreement Iraq & Sovjetunion1969: Saddam Hussein - Ruling Revolutionary Commando council (RCR)1969: Saddam Hussein - Ruling Revolutionary Commando council (RCR) (copy)1970: Kurdish Nationalism (constitutional)1972: IPC gets nationalised1977: March Najaf to Karbala1979: Al-Bakr resigns - Saddam Hussein Pres.1980: Iraq invades Iran1984: Escalation Gulf conflict1988: End Iran - Iraq war1990: Iraq invades Kuweit + annexes it -> trade embargos (sanctions by UN)1991: 'Desert Storm'1996: Iraqi oil again produced for the world (pipeline via Turkey)1998: 'Desert Fox' - Iraq bombed by US and UK1999: Weekly attacks (US and UK) on Baghdad2000: Re-opening of Baghdad airport2001: Lots of attacks on Baghdad (US and UK)2001: 9/112001: Rift between 2 sons of Saddam Hussein2001: 'Oil for Food' programLast picture by LatifDeath of his son. (Latif's son)2014 (or earlier??)1980 ??? - his first wife Raja diesLatif's Archive gets stolen/lost/destroyed2013: Founding of UPI1950: Iraq Development Board formedPeriods
Iraq - Iran warGulf War - First - KuweitGulf War - Second - USPictures positive despite chaosLatif in Kuweit+- 1950 till 1977: personal photographsLatif works for the Iraqi Ministry of Culture / InformationLatif working with IPC (copy)
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