Kalima (magazine)

Kalima (meaning both Word and the act of Speaking in English) was a French language monthly women's magazine and news magazine published in Morocco between 1986 and 1989. The magazine was a feminist publication.

Kalima
EditorHind Taarji
CategoriesWomen's magazine
News magazine
FounderUnion de l'Action Feminine
Year founded1986
Final issueApril 1989
CountryMorocco
LanguageFrench

History and profile

Kalima was established in 1986.[1][2] The founder was a radical women organization, Union de l'Action Feminine.[3]

The magazine's goal was to emphasize that "gender roles, sexuality, and even division of labor were neither divinely prescribed nor ordained by nature, but had a historical origin."[1] It adopted a progressive feminist point of view in dealing with social, economic, political and cultural aspects of women's life.[4] It also addressed critical issues in Morocco,[5][6] including abandoned children in the country.[7] It was the first Moroccan magazine which contained articles on taboo subjects such as abortion, child prostitution, single mothers, drugs and sexuality.[8][9] In addition, Kalima included pages on news and on cinema.[10]

The founding and only editor-in-chief of the magazine was Hind Taarji.[11][12] Fatima Mernissi was among the contributors of Kalima.[13]

The Moroccan authorities confiscated the March 1989 issue of the magazine.[5] It contained articles about male prostitution and the lack of free press in Morocco,[8][11] and led to the closure of the magazine on 25 April 1989.[14]

References
  1. Sadiqi, Fatima; Ennaji, Moha (Spring 2006). "The feminization of public space: women's activism, the family law, and social change in Morocco". Journal of Middle East Women's Studies. 2 (2): 86–114. doi:10.2979/mew.2006.2.2.86. JSTOR 10.2979/mew.2006.2.2.86.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Pdf.
  2. Dawn Marley. "Language use in women's magazines as a reflection of hybrid linguistic identity in Morocco" (PDF). Epubs. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  3. Orlando, Valerie (23 June 2009). Francophone voices of the "new" Morocco in film and print. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 143. ISBN 9780230622593. October 2014 Preview.
  4. Skalli, Loubna H. (27 July 2006). Through a local prism: gender, globalization, and identity in Moroccan women's magazines. Lexington Books. p. 64. ISBN 9780739131251. Preview.
  5. "Morocco confiscates issue of magazine". Los Angeles Times. London. Associated Press. 7 May 1989. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  6. Smith, Andrew R.; Loudiy, Fadoua (August 2005). "Testing the red lines: on the liberalization of speech in Morocco". Human Rights Quarterly. 27 (3): 1069–1119. doi:10.1353/hrq.2005.0042. JSTOR 20069820.
  7. Bargach, Jamila (2002). Orphans of Islam: family, abandonment, and secret adoption in Morocco. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 166. ISBN 9780742500273. Preview.
  8. Howe, Marvine (2 June 2005). Morocco: the Islamist awakening and other challenges. Oxford University Press. p. 153. ISBN 9780195346985. Preview.
  9. Sandberg, Eve; Agertit, Kenza (26 September 2014). Moroccan women, activists, and gender politics: an institutional analysis. Lexington Books. p. 70. ISBN 9780739182109. Preview.
  10. Orlando, Valerie (24 May 2011). Screening Morocco: contemporary depictions in film of a changing society. Ohio University Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780896802810. Preview.
  11. Skalli, Loubna H. (27 July 2006). Through a local prism: gender, globalization, and identity in Moroccan women's magazines. Lexington Books. p. 72. ISBN 9780739131251. Preview.
  12. Delaney, Paul (6 January 1988). "In North Africa, feminists on diverging paths". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  13. Armajani, Jon (1 January 2004). Dynamic Islam: liberal Muslim perspectives in a transnational age. University Press of America. p. 3. ISBN 9780761829676.Preview.
  14. "Morocco" (Report). Human Rights Watch. 1989. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
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