| Category: | Women's magazine |
| Frequency: | Biweekly |
| Publisher: | Maryam Amid Mozayen ol-Saltaneh |
| Founded: | 1913 |
| Finaldate: | 1919 |
| Country: | Iran |
| Based: | Tehran |
| Language: | Persian |
| Website: | Shokufeh |
After the publication of the first Persian women’s magazine Danesh in Tehran in 1910–1911, Shokufeh (Persian: شكوفه|italic=yes; DMG: Šokufeh; English meaning: "Blossom"), the next Persian magazine only for women, was established in 1913.[1] The magazine was headquartered in Tehran and published on a biweekly basis.[2] The editor was Maryam Amid Mozayen ol-Saltaneh, the daughter of Aqa Mirza Sayyed Razi Ra’is al-Atebba, a high-ranking medical advisor at the Qajar court.[3] Almost at the same time, Mozayen ol-Saltaneh founded the Iranian Women’s Society Anjoman Khavatin Irani, which objectives she published in the Shokufeh magazine.[4] She supported particularly the promotion of Iranian products and industry as well as education, science and art among women.[4]
At first the magazine dealt predominantly with topics that concerned mainly women, like equality of rights, education, upbringing, hygiene and ethics.[5] In the course of the work of the Iranian Women’s Society the topics started to be more political, whereby the national independence and the woman's role were addressed.[5] Shokufeh claimed not to interfere in the men's political sphere, but was unable always to keep to it, which brought the magazine under censorship.[3] After Mozayen ol-Saltanehs death in 1919 the publication of Shokufeh was suspended.