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Al Fatat (

women's magazine published in Alexandria, Egypt. The magazine was the first Arab women's magazine[1][2] and was one of the earliest publications in the country.[3] It was published from 1892 to 1894. Al Fatat is the forerunner of the women's magazines in the Arab countries.[2]

History and profile

Al Fatat was launched by Hind Nawfal, a Lebanese Christian woman, in Alexandria in 1892.[4][5][6] Nawfal's father and sister also contributed to the establishment of the magazine[7] of which the first issue appeared on 30 November 1892.[8] Elisabeth Kendall stated that Nawfal's magazine had achieved a "fiery fusion of the political and literary".[9]

Al Fatat was published by Nawfal for two years.[1][10][11] She also wrote editorials for the magazine,[11] which was published monthly in its initial stage.[1] Later Al Fatat began to be published twice a month due to its growing popularity.[1]

Being the first women's magazine in the country

feminist magazine.[12] On the other hand, politics and religion were not the focus of the magazine.[15]

Al Fatat ceased publication in 1894[14] when the founder and publisher Nawfal married and stopped dealing with the magazine.[1] The complete archive of the magazine was republished by the Women and Memory Forum in Egypt.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1080/00263206.2013.863757
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  2. ^ a b Anchi Hoh (21 March 2017). "Her Magazine, Her Voice: Foremothers of Women's Journals in Africa and the Middle East". Library of Congress. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  3. JSTOR 259561
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  4. ^
    ISBN 978-1-137-23530-5
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  5. ISBN 978-1-4039-7961-2
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  6. ISBN 978-0-8156-2354-0
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  7. ^
    ISBN 978-0-8014-6489-8
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  8. ^
    ISBN 978-0-230-11860-7
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  9. ISBN 0231114273, 9780231114271. Start: p. 330. CITED: p.340
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  10. ^ a b "Al Fatat Magazine". The Women and Memory Forum. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  11. ^ a b Bouthaina Shaaban (May–June 1993). "The Hidden History of Arab Feminism". Ms. pp. 76–77. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013.
  12. ^ a b Nabila Ramdani (2013). "Women in the 1919 Egyptian Revolution: From Feminist Awakening to Nationalist Political Activism". Journal of International Women's Studies. 14 (2): 39–52.
  13. doi:10.1080/13602000701536208
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  14. ^
    ISBN 978-0-520-22420-9
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  15. doi:10.5040/9780755604838.ch-003
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