L'Égyptienne (magazine) explained

Editor Title:	Editor
Frequency:	Monthly
Founder:	Huda Shaarawi
Category:	Women's magazine
Publisher:	Egyptian Feminist Union
Firstdate:	1 February 1925
Finaldate:	1940
Country:	Egypt
Based:	Cairo
Language:	French

L'Égyptienne was a monthly women's magazine published in Cairo, Egypt, from 1925 to 1940. It was one of the earliest women's magazines and feminist periodicals in the country.

History and profile

L'Égyptienne was established by Huda Shaarawi,^{[1] [2]} and the first issue appeared on 1 February that year.^[3] Its editor was Ceza or Saiza Nabarawi.^[4] The Egyptian Feminist Union, founded in Cairo by Huda Shaarawi in March 1923, was its publisher.^{[1] [5] [6]} L'Égyptienne was one of two magazines published by the Union.^[7]

The logo of L'Égyptienne featured a woman removing her veil. It covered topics from a feminist and Egyptian nationalist angle and was a highly political publication featuring articles and news on party politics in Egypt and national independence.^[8] The magazine called for the rights for women to vote in legislative elections.^[8]

L'Égyptienne was published monthly and was also distributed abroad.^[2] It targeted upper class Egyptian women who were educated at French schools or in France,^{[9] [5]} but also addressed international feminist circles.^[10] Egyptian feminist Doria Shafik was among the contributors of the magazine.^[11] Another contributor was Kadria Hussein, an Egyptian royal.^[12]

The magazine ceased publication in 1940 when World War II began.^{[13] [14] [15]}

See also

• List of magazines in Egypt

External links

• Web site: Élodie Gaden. L'Égyptienne. 1925-1940. National Library of France.

Notes and References

1. Book: Earl L. Sullivan. 1986. Syracuse, NY. Syracuse University Press. Women in Egyptian Public Life. 978-0-8156-2354-0. registration. 172.
2. Web site: Sonia Aly Dabbous. Women in the Media Past - Present - Future.... Ayamm. 6 October 2014. October 2002. dead. 11 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140811065517/http://www.ayamm.org/english/Conference%202002%20e%202.htm. dmy-all.
3. Daisy Griggs Philips. The Growth of the Feminist Movement in Egypt. The Muslim World. July 1926. 16. 3. 285. 10.1111/j.1478-1913.1926.tb00629.x.
4. Margot Badran. Feminism in a nationalist century. Al Ahram Weekly. 30 December 1999. 462. 19 April 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100419040800/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/462/women.htm.
5. Book: Warren I. Cohen. Warren I. Cohen. 978-0-7425-6702-3. Profiles in Humanity: The Battle for Peace, Freedom, Equality, and Human Rights. Rowman & Littlefield. 2009. Lanham, MD. registration. 78.
6. Marilyn Booth. Marilyn Booth. Woman in Islam: Men and the "Women's Press" in Turn-of-the-20th-Century Egypt. 259561. International Journal of Middle East Studies. May 2001. 33. 2. 171–201. 10.1017/S002074380100201X. 161301527.
7. Encyclopedia: Marilyn Booth. Egyptian Feminist Union. 2004. Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa.
8. Book: Sonia Dabbous. Naomi Sakr. Women and Media in the Middle East Power through Self-Expression. 2004. I.B.Tauris. London. 44. 10.5040/9780755604838.ch-003. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9780755604838.ch-002. ‘Till I Become a Minister’: Women’s Rights and Women’s Journalism in pre-1952 Egypt. 978-1-85043-545-7.
9. Book: Werner Ende. Udo Steinbach. Islam in the World Today: A Handbook of Politics, Religion, Culture, and Society. https://books.google.com/books?id=-dM4hPlxMw8C&pg=PA640. Cornell University Press. 978-0-8014-6489-8. 640. 2010. Ithaca, NY; London. The Situation of Women in Islamic Countries. Wiebke Walther.
10. Book: Ghada Hashem Talhami. Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa. 2013. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-0-8108-6858-8. 357. Lanham, MD; Toronto; Plymouth, UK.
11. Cynthia Nelson. The Voices of Doria Shafik: Feminist Consciousness in Egypt, 1940-1960. 15–31. Feminist Issues. Fall 1986. 144848928. 6. 10.1007/BF02685640. 2.
12. Doğa Öztürk. Kadriye Hüseyin: a forgotten female intellectual and a representation of Ottoman consciousness in early twentieth century Egypt. Middle Eastern Studies. 2022. 58. 6. 891. 10.1080/00263206.2021.2005587. 245009071.
13. Book: Cynthia Nelson. Doria Shafik Egyptian Feminist: A Woman apart. 1996. American University in Cairo Press. 978-977-424-413-1. 127. Cairo.
14. Web site: Chronology of Major Events 1873-1994. Mediterranean Women. 6 October 2014.
15. Book: Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi. Casting Off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's First Feminist. I.B.Tauris. London; New York. 2011. 274. 978-0-85772-071-9.