Al-Fatah (magazine)

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.

Al-Fatah
CategoriesWomen's magazine
FrequencyMonthly
FounderHind Nawfal
First issue30 November 1892
Final issue1894
CountryEgypt
Based inAlexandria
LanguageArabic

History and profile

Al-Fatah was launched by Hind Nawfal,[1] a Lebanese 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] Elisabeth Kendall stated that Nawfal had achieved a "fiery fusion of the political and literary".[8]

Al-Fatah was published by Nawfal for two years.[1][9][10] She also wrote editorials for the magazine,[10] 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.[11] The magazine covered biographies of notable figures in addition to news towards women.[12] 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.[11]

Al-Fatah ceased publication in 1894[12] 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.[9]

See also

References
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  2. Marilyn Booth (May 2001). "Woman in Islam". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 23 (2): 171–201. JSTOR 259561.
  3. 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 (2004). Creating the New Egyptian Woman: Consumerism, Education, and National Identity, 1863-1922. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4039-7961-2.
  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. Werner Ende; Udo Steinbach (15 April 2010). Islam in the World Today: A Handbook of Politics, Religion, Culture, and Society. Cornell University Press. p. 639. ISBN 978-0-8014-6489-8.
  7. Mervat F. Hatem (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.
  8. Kendall, Elisabeth. "Between Politics and Literature: Journals in Alexandria and Istanbul at the End of the Nineteenth Century" (Chapter 15). In: Fawaz, Leila Tarazi and C. A. Bayly (editors) and Robert Ilbert (collaboration). Modernity and Culture: From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. Columbia University Press, 2002. ISBN 0231114273, 9780231114271. Start: p. 330. CITED: p.340.
  9. "Al-Fatah Magazine". The Women and Memory Forum. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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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