Citadine
| Categories | Women's magazine |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Lilas Press |
| Year founded | 1995 |
| First issue | 1 October 1995 |
| Country | Morocco |
| Based in | Casablanca |
| Language | French |
| ISSN | 1113-593X |
| OCLC number | 37968925 |
Citadine (meaning City Women in English) is a French language women's and lifestyle magazine published in Casablanca, Morocco.[1] It is the first lifestyle magazine published in the country.[2]
History and profile
The magazine was first published in October 1995[3] under the name of La Citadine.[4] It was renamed as Citadine in May 1997.[4] The magazine is based in Casablanca.[4] The publication of the magazine 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.[3][7] The target audience of the magazine, published in French, is young women.[3][8] It promotes a Western ideal of beauty.[4] However, 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.[3] Ilham Benzakour also served in the post in the mid-2000s.[2]
References
- ↑ Fatima Sadiqi (January 2003). Women, Gender, and Language in Morocco. BRILL. p. 24. ISBN 90-04-12853-0. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 M. Angela Jansen. "Three Generations of Moroccan Fashion Designers". Critical Issues. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Loubna H. Skalli (1 January 2006). Through a Local Prism: Gender, Globalization, and Identity in Moroccan Women's Magazines. Lexington Books. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-7391-1194-9. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Valérie K. Orlando (23 June 2009). Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-230-62259-3. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ Dawn Marley. "Language use in women’s magazines as a reflection of hybrid linguistic identity in Morocco". E Publications. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ Farah Kinani (3 December 2006). "Moroccan author Skalli discusses her book, research". Magharebia. Washington DC. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ Karima Rhanem (30 March 2006). "Solidarity: Haifaa Wehbe in Morocco to support Red Ribbon". Morocco Times. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ Victoria B. Korzeniowska (April 2005). "Gender, space and identification in Femmes du Maroc and Citadine". International Journal of Francophone Studies 8 (1). Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ Loubna H. Skalli (Spring 2006). "Communicating Gender in the Public Sphere: Women and Information Technologies in the MENA Region". Journal of Middle East Women's Studies 2 (2): 35–59. doi:10.1353/jmw.2006.0023. Retrieved 7 October 2014.