The Health of the Mother-to-be and her Unborn Child Depends on Good Food and Rest (Arabic poster distributed in Amman)
An Arabic nutrition poster. Under a red banner stating that the health of the pregnant woman and her unborn child depends on good food and rest, drawings in outlined groups show meat, liver and fish, milk, yoghurt and cheese, vegetables, an egg, fruit, bread and bulgur, soups and butter. The tell is a general appeal to 'good food' backed by pictured examples; the sheet names no source or study.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- May 5, 1959
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Health
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, May 5, 1959. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948736, 306-PPB-9).
Text on the object
توقف صحة الحامل وجنينها على الغذاء الجيد والراحة لحمه كبده لبن حليب جبنه خبز برغل شوربة خضار شوربة عظم زبده
The health of the pregnant woman and her unborn child depends on good food and rest. Meat Liver Yoghurt Milk Cheese Bread Bulgur Vegetable soup Bone soup Butter
Small food labels are handwritten-style Arabic beside the drawings; readings of the labels are approximate.
