L'Égyptienne_(magazine)

<i>L'Égyptienne</i> (magazine)

L'Égyptienne (magazine)

Women's magazine in Egypt (1925–1940)

For other topics, see Égyptienne.

L'Égyptienne was a monthly women's magazine published in Cairo, Egypt, from 1925 to 1940. It was one of the earliest women's magazines and feminist periodicals in the country.

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History and profile

L'Égyptienne was established by Huda Shaarawi,[1][2] and the first issue appeared on 1 February that year.[3] Its editor was Ceza or Saiza Nabarawi.[4][5] The Egyptian Feminist Union, founded in Cairo by Huda Shaarawi in March 1923, was its publisher.[1][6][7] L'Égyptienne was one of two magazines published by the Union.[8]

The logo of L'Égyptienne featured a woman removing her veil.[9] It covered topics from a feminist and Egyptian nationalist angle[4] and was a highly political publication featuring articles and news on party politics in Egypt and national independence.[10] The magazine called for the rights for women to vote in legislative elections.[10]

L'Égyptienne was published monthly[9] and was also distributed abroad.[2] It targeted upper class Egyptian women who were educated at French schools or in France,[4][6] but also addressed international feminist circles.[9] Egyptian feminist Doria Shafik was among the contributors of the magazine.[11] Another contributor was Kadria Hussein, an Egyptian royal.[12]

The magazine ceased publication in 1940 when World War II began.[13][14][15]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Earl L. Sullivan (1986). Women in Egyptian Public Life. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-8156-2354-0.
  2. [2]
    Sonia Aly Dabbous (October 2002). "Women in the Media Past - Present - Future..." Ayamm. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
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    Daisy Griggs Philips (July 1926). "The Growth of the Feminist Movement in Egypt". The Muslim World. 16 (3): 285. doi:10.1111/j.1478-1913.1926.tb00629.x.
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    Wiebke Walther (2010). "The Situation of Women in Islamic Countries". In Werner Ende; Udo Steinbach (eds.). Islam in the World Today: A Handbook of Politics, Religion, Culture, and Society. Ithaca, NY; London: Cornell University Press. p. 640. ISBN 978-0-8014-6489-8.
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    Margot Badran (30 December 1999). "Feminism in a nationalist century". Al Ahram Weekly. No. 462. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010.
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    Warren I. Cohen (2009). Profiles in Humanity: The Battle for Peace, Freedom, Equality, and Human Rights. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-7425-6702-3.
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    Marilyn Booth (May 2001). "Woman in Islam: Men and the "Women's Press" in Turn-of-the-20th-Century Egypt". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 33 (2): 171–201. doi:10.1017/S002074380100201X. JSTOR 259561. S2CID 161301527.
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    Marilyn Booth (2004). "Egyptian Feminist Union". Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa.
  9. [9]
    Ghada Hashem Talhami (2013). Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa. Lanham, MD; Toronto; Plymouth, UK: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-8108-6858-8.
  10. [10]
    Sonia Dabbous (2004). "'Till I Become a Minister': Women's Rights and Women's Journalism in pre-1952 Egypt". In Naomi Sakr (ed.). Women and Media in the Middle East Power through Self-Expression. London: I.B.Tauris. p. 44. doi:10.5040/9780755604838.ch-003. ISBN 978-1-85043-545-7.
  11. [11]
    Cynthia Nelson (Fall 1986). "The Voices of Doria Shafik: Feminist Consciousness in Egypt, 1940-1960". Feminist Issues. 6 (2): 15–31. doi:10.1007/BF02685640. S2CID 144848928.
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    Doğa Öztürk (2022). "Kadriye Hüseyin: a forgotten female intellectual and a representation of Ottoman consciousness in early twentieth century Egypt". Middle Eastern Studies. 58 (6): 891. doi:10.1080/00263206.2021.2005587. S2CID 245009071.
  13. [13]
    Cynthia Nelson (1996). Doria Shafik Egyptian Feminist: A Woman apart. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-977-424-413-1.
  14. [14]
    "Chronology of Major Events 1873-1994". Mediterranean Women. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  15. [15]
    Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi (2011). Casting Off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's First Feminist. London; New York: I.B.Tauris. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-85772-071-9.
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