Citadine Explained

Category:Women's magazine
Publisher:Lilas Press
Founder:Abdellah Khizrane
Founded:1995
Country:Morocco
Based:Casablanca
Language:French
Issn:1113-593X
Oclc:37968925

Citadine (French: City Women) is a French language women's and lifestyle magazine published in Casablanca, Morocco.[1] It is the first lifestyle magazine published in the country.

History and profile

The magazine was first published in October 1995[2] under the name of La Citadine.[3] The founder of the magazine was Abdellah Khizrane.[4]

It was renamed as Citadine in May 1997.[3] The magazine is based in Casablanca.[3] The publication of Citadine and Femmes du Maroc, another francophone women's magazine, was significant in that it represented an important development in the Moroccan society.[5] [6]

The publisher and owner of the magazine is Lilas Press.[2] [7] The target audience of the magazine, published in French, is young women.[2] [8] It promotes a Western ideal of beauty.[3] However, the magazine also covered critical articles in the 1990s on sexual exploitation, domestic violence and harassment at schools against women.[9]

Keltoum Ghazali served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[2] Ilham Benzakour also served in the post in the mid-2000s.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fatima Sadiqi. Fatima Sadiqi. Women, Gender, and Language in Morocco. 2003. 24. BRILL. 978-90-04-12853-8. Leiden; Boston, MA.
  2. Book: Loubna H. Skalli. Through a Local Prism: Gender, Globalization, and Identity in Moroccan Women's Magazines. 2006. 76. Lexington Books. 978-0-7391-1194-9. Lanham, MD; Oxford.
  3. Book: Valérie K. Orlando. 2009. Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print. 978-0-230-62259-3. 143. New York. Palgrave Macmillan.
  4. Web site: Aide à la presse écrite au Maroc. Le blog-du 21. 24 April 2020. 1 November 2012. fr.
  5. Web site: Dawn Marley. Language use in women's magazines as a reflection of hybrid linguistic identity in Morocco. E Publications. 8 September 2014.
  6. Web site: Farah Kinani. Moroccan author Skalli discusses her book, research. Magharebia. 8 September 2014. Washington DC. 3 December 2006.
  7. News: Karima Rhanem. Solidarity: Haifaa Wehbe in Morocco to support Red Ribbon. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034116/http://karimarhanem.skyrock.com/2167947831-Solidarity-Haifaa-Wehbe-in-Morocco-to-support-Red-Ribbon.html. dead. 8 September 2014. Morocco Times. 30 March 2006. 4 March 2016.
  8. Victoria B. Korzeniowska. Gender, space and identification in Femmes du Maroc and Citadine. International Journal of Francophone Studies. April 2005. 8. 1. 3–22. 10.1386/IJFS.8.1.3/1.
  9. Loubna H. Skalli. Communicating gender in the public sphere: women and information technologies in the MENA. Journal of Middle East Women's Studies. 2. 2. 35–59. 10.2979/mew.2006.2.2.35. Spring 2006.
  10. M. Angela Jansen. Three Generations of Moroccan Fashion Designers. Critical Issues. 2015. 33–52. 10.5040/9781474235228.ch-003. 9781474235228.

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