Al-Fatah (magazine)

Al-Fatah
Categories Women's magazine
First issue 30 November 1892
Final issue 1894
Country Egypt
Based in Alexandria
Language Arabic

Al-Fatah (Arabic: الفتاة‎ / ALA-LC: al-Fatāh, meaning "the young girl") was an Arabic women's magazine published in Alexandria, Egypt. The magazine was the first Arab women's magazine[1] and was one of the earliest publications in the country.[2] It was published from 1892 to 1894.

History and profile

Al-Fatah was launched by Hind Nawfal,[1] a Syrian Christian woman, in Alexandria in 1892.[3][4][5] Nawfal's father and sister also contributed to the establishment of the magazine[6] of which the first issue appeared on 30 November 1892.[7]

Al-Fatah was published by Nawfal for two years.[1][8][9] She also wrote editorials for the magazine,[9] which was published monthly in its initial stage.[1] Later it began to be published twice a month due to its growing popularity.[1]

Being the first women's magazine in the country[7] as well as in the Arab countries[6] Al-Fatah initiated the tradition of the women’s press in Egypt.[10] The magazine covered biographies of notable figures in addition to news towards women.[11] In addition, the magazine included book reviews, poems and fashion articles.[3] Al-Fatah encouraged the participation of women in public life and debates and advocated modern ideals for women.[7] Therefore, it provided secular content and was a truly feminist magazine.[10]

Al-Fatah ceased publication in 1894[11] 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.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fruma Zachs (2014). "Cross-Glocalization: Syrian Women Immigrants and the Founding of Women's Magazines in Egypt". Middle Eastern Studies. 50 (3): 353–369. doi:10.1080/00263206.2013.863757. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Marilyn Booth (May 2001). "Woman in Islam". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 23 (2): 171–201. JSTOR 259561.
  3. 1 2 Boutheina Khaldi (24 December 2012). Egypt Awakening in the Early Twentieth Century: Mayy Ziydah’s Intellectual Circles. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-137-23530-5. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Mona Russell (13 November 2004). Creating the New Egyptian Woman: Consumerism, Education, and National Identity, 1863-1922. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4039-7961-2. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Earl L. Sullivan (1 January 1986). Women in Egyptian Public Life. Syracuse University Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-8156-2354-0. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 Werner Ende; Udo Steinbach. Islam in the World Today: A Handbook of Politics, Religion, Culture, and Society. Cornell University Press. p. 639. ISBN 0-8014-6489-7. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 Mervat F. Hatem (12 April 2011). Literature, Gender, and Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Egypt: The Life and Works of `A'isha Taymur. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-230-11860-7. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Al-Fatah Magazine". The Women and Memory Forum. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  9. 1 2 Bouthaina Shaaban (May–June 1993). "The Hidden History of Arab Feminism". MS Magazine: 76–77. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  10. 1 2 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. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  11. 1 2 Marilyn Booth (2001). May Her Likes be Multiplied: Biography and Gender Politics in Egypt. University of California Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-520-22420-9. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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