Hawaa
| Categories | Women's magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Dar Al Hilal |
| First issue | 1954 |
| Country | Egypt |
| Based in | Cairo |
| Language | Arabic |
| Website | Hawaa |
Hawaa (
History and profile
Hawaa was first published in 1954.
Hawaa is published weekly
Amina Al Said, its founder, was the first editor-in-chief of the weekly and served in the post from its inception in 1954 to 1969.[6] She was the first female editor-in-chief[1] and the first female chair of a publishing house, namely, Dar Al Hilal, in Egypt.[12] She published a weekly column in Hawaa until her death in 1995.[5]
Iqbal Baraka was the long-term editor-in-chief of the magazine[13] who was appointed to the post in July 1993.[14] On 28 June 2014 Magda Mahmoud became the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[15]
Egyptian intellectual Latifa al-Zayyat was the contributor of Hawaa from 1965 to 1968.[16]
Circulation
Hawaa sold 175,000 copies in 1954.[4] Its circulation was 200,000 copies before 1967 and was about 175,000 copies in the period between 1967 and 1970.[4] The circulation of the magazine in 2000 was 150,000 copies.[8]
The magazine also enjoyed high circulation levels abroad[3][17] and had the largest foreign circulation in 1989.[18]
See also
References
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- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b "Amina el-Saeed; Egyptian Feminist, 81". The New York Times. 15 August 1995. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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- ^ "Feminists in Egypt". International Quranic Center. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "All about Eve: Egyptian feminist and journalist Iqbal..." Chicago Tribune. 25 July 1993. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ "Media Situation in Egypt: Thirteenth report for the period June and August 2014" (Report). Al Sawt Al Hurr. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Amal Amireh (October 1996). "Remembering Latifa al-Zayyat". Al Jadid. 2 (12).
- ISBN 978-1-59884-426-9.
- ISBN 978-1-349-12704-7.