Management and Cultural Movement

The Administrative Side of the Chamchamal Newspaper

Wahab Hasib Mohammed

In the year 1922, Chamchamal was turn from a village to the district, and it was affiliated with the Kirkuk governorate until the year (1947), and no newspaper was issued during that period. The Chamchamal newspaper was the first newspaper to be issued in the history of this district. The first issue was issued two months after the initiation of the mayor of "Shaker Fattah" on July 1, 1946, and the last issue was issued on August 12, 1946. In this sense, Chamchamal newspaper was a weekly newspaper, and until the year (1991) no newspaper was issued, a total number of “Shaker Fattah” newspaper (7), after which it was hung in the city park and read to the city’s residents, but it has a significant impact on the cultural and artistic movement of the city, serving as spiritual landmarks for many works of art, the cultural movement and the fun band for four decades, from here can.