The British Newspapers’ Coverage of the Uprising of Southern Kurdistan in 1991(A Political and Historical Study)

Abstract

In 1990 of the twentieth century, the western media started paying more attention to the incidents the in Iraq and the Middle East due to the destabilized political situation of the region, especially after the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. The Iraqi invasion was against the interests of the US and its allies; therefore, the media was very interested in the news of the region. When the allies attacked Iraq, the Kurds, who were represented by revolting political parties in the mountains, were attempting to find their place in the changes and become a part of the international agendas. Even though British Newspapers widely published news and articles about Kurds and Kurdistan since a long time ago, but the British media coverage of Kurdistan significantly increased after the uprising of the Kurdish people and the liberation of their areas. This study is an attempt to critically analyze the portrayal of the uprising of the Kurdish people and its incidents in the British Newspapers to understand their perspective of the Kurdish people and the incidents before the uprising, during the uprising, and after the Baath Party’s attack and reoccupation of some part of Kurdistan. The study is divided into two chapters. The first chapter is about the British Newspapers’ coverage of the situation of Iraq and Kurdistan before the uprising. The second chapter is about the British newspapers’ coverage of the incidents of the uprising in Iraqi Kurdistan.