Al-Khansaa (magazine) explained

Al-Khansaa was an online women's magazine launched in 2004 by a Saudi branch of al-Qaeda.^{[1] [2]}

The magazine claimed to have been founded by Saudi leader Abd-al-Aziz al-Muqrin shortly before his death.^[3] It offered advice on first aid for wounded family members, how to raise children to believe in Jihad and physical training for women to prepare for combat.^[3]

The magazine was named after Al-Khansaa, an Arab poet and a contemporary of Muhammad.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: Al Qaeda's 'Female Squads' Go Online. ABC News. 22 March 2006. Leela Jacinto. 23 September 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20190103004900/https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=84585&page=4. 3 January 2019. live.
2. News: Al-Shamikha, Al Qaeda Women's Magazine, Launches: Report. 19 August 2015. The Huffington Post. 14 March 2011. Verizon Media.
3. Book: Gabriel Weimann. Terror on the Internet. 2006 . 71. US Institute of Peace Press . 9781929223718. registration. Bruce. Hoffman. Eric. Weiss.
4. 23349365. An Arab Woman Poet as a Crossover Artist? Reconsidering the Ambivalent Legacy of Al-Khansaʾ . Michelle Hartman . Michelle Hartman (poet). Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 30 . 1 . 2011. 15–36. University of Tulsa. 28 May 2019.