Hawaa
| Categories | Women's magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Dar Al Hilal |
| First issue | 1954 |
| Country | Egypt |
| Based in | Cairo |
| Language | Arabic |
| Website | Hawaa |
Hawaa (meaning Eve in English) is an Arabic language weekly women's magazines published in Cairo, Egypt. The magazine is modelled by other women's magazines in Arab countries.[1] It was Egypt's first women's magazine, founded in 1954.[2][3]
History and profile
Hawaa was first published in 1954.[4][5] The founder was Amina Al Said (1914–1995), an Egyptian journalist and feminist.[1][6] The publisher is Dar Al Hilal.[7]
Hawaa is published weekly[8] and features news on health and beauty, family affairs, fashion,[4] adornment and home management using a feminist perspective.[9] The magazine targets not only women but also men.[10]
Amina Al Said, its founder, was the first editor-in-chief of the weekly and served in the post from its inception in 1954 to 1969.[6] She was also the first female editor-in-chief[1] and the first female chair of a publishing house, namely, Dar Al Hilal, in Egypt.[11] She published a weekly column in Hawaa until her death in 1995.[5]
Iqbal Baraka was the long-term editor-in-chief of the magazine[12] who was appointed to the post in July 1993.[13] On 28 June 2014 Magda Mahmoud became the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[14]
Egyptian intellectual Latifa al-Zayyat was the contributor of Hawaa from 1965 to 1968.[15]
Circulation
The circulation of Hawaa was 175,000 copies in 1954.[4] It became 200,000 copies before 1967 and was about 175,000 copies between 1967 and 1970.[4] The circulation of the magazine in 2000 was 150,000 copies.[8] The magazine also enjoyed high circulation levels abroad among all Arabic publications.[3][16]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Adel Darwish (5 September 1995). "Obituary: Amina al-Said". The Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Mervat F. Hatem (2005). Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East (1st ed.). Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Univ. Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8156-2864-4.
- ^ a b Janet K. Boles; Diane Long Hoeveler (1 January 2004). Historical Dictionary of Feminism. Scarecrow Press. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-8108-4946-4.
- ^ a b c d Sonia Aly Dabbous (October 2002). "Women in the Media Past - Present - Future..." Ayamm. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Amina el-Saeed; Egyptian Feminist, 81". The New York Times. 15 August 1995. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Amīnah al-Saʿīd". Britannica Encyclopedia. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Suad Joseph (2000). Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East. Syracuse University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8156-2864-4.
- ^ a b Sahar Hegazi; Mona Khalifa (October 2000). "Increasing the Coverage of Reproductive Health Issues in Egyptian Press Project" (PDF). FRONTIERS/Population Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Marilyn Booth (May 2001). "Woman in Islam". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 23 (2): 171–201. JSTOR 259561.
- ^ Mohamed Younis (2007). "Daughters of the Nile: The Evolution of Feminism in Egypt". Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice. 13 (2).
- ^ Galal Amin (2012). "Egypt and the Market Culture". In Aleya Serour (ed.). Writing Egypt (PDF). Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-61797-141-9.
- ^ "Feminists in Egypt". International Quranic Center. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "All about Eve: Egyptian feminist and journalist Iqbal..." Chicago Tribune. 25 July 1993. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ "Media Situation in Egypt: Thirteenth report for the period June and August 2014" (Report). Al Sawt Al Hurr. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Amal Amireh (October 1996). "Remembering Latifa al-Zayyat". Al Jadid. 2 (12).
- ^ Karen L. Kinnear (22 July 2011). Women in Developing Countries: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-59884-426-9.