Layla (magazine)
 15 May 1924 issue | |
| Editor | Paulina Hassoun |
|---|---|
| Categories | Women |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | 15 October 1923 |
| Final issue | 3 January 1925 |
| Country | Iraq |
| Based in | Baghdad |
| Language | Arabic |
Layla was a first women's magazine published in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1923. It was published in the Arabic Language.[1][2] The magazine which became the forerunner of the women's movement in Iraq ceased publication in 1925.[3]
History
[edit]Layla was founded by Paulina Hassoun, a Jordanian woman migrated to Baghdad, in 1923 and focused exclusively on women's issues.[3][4] It was published 20 issues from 15 October 1923 to 3 January 1925.[1] It was closed due to financial reasons and protests from conservatives.[4]
The magazine was a pioneer of its time and the next women's magazine was started only over a decade later. The magazine was started at time when the Iraqi women's movement itself started and the magazine was seen as a pioneer for raising women's issues including an editorial to the Iraqi Assembly to give women more rights in 1924.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Layla, Issue 1, 15 October 1923". World Digital Library. 15 October 1923. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ Noga Efrati (2004). "British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies". 31 (2). Taylor & Francis: 158–159. JSTOR 4145506.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b Anchi Hoh (21 March 2017). "Her Magazine, Her Voice: Foremothers of Women's Journals in Africa and the Middle East". Library of Congress. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ a b Beth K. Dougherty; Edmund A. Ghareeb (2013). Historical Dictionary of Iraq. Scarecrow Press. p. 658. ISBN 978-0-8108-7942-3.
- ^ Haifa Zangana (2011). City of Widows: An Iraqi Woman's Account of War and Resistance. Seven Stories Press. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-60980-071-0.
- ^ Doreen Ingrams (1983). The awakened: women in Iraq. Third World Centre. ISBN 9780861990610.
- ^ Ruth Margolies Beitler; Angelica R. Martinez (2010). Women's roles in the Middle East and North Africa. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-36240-8.
External links
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