Hawaa

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]

History and profile

Hawaa was first published in 1954.[2] The founder was Amina Al Said (1914–1995), an Egyptian journalist and feminist.[1][3] The publisher is Dar Al Hilal.[4]

Hawaa is published weekly[5] and features news on health and beauty, family affairs, fashion,[2] adornment and home management using a feminist perspective.[6] The magazine targets not only women but also men.[7]

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.[3] 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.[8] She published a weekly column in Hawaa until her death in 1995.[9]

Iqbal Barakah was the long-term editor-in-chief of the magazine[10] who was appointed to the post in July 1993.[11] On 28 June 2014 Magda Mahmoud became the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[12]

Egyptian intellectual Latifa al-Zayyat was the contributor of Hawaa from 1965 to 1968.[13]

Circulation

The circulation of Hawaa was 175,000 copies in 1954.[2] It became 200,000 copies before 1967 and was about 175,000 copies between 1967 and 1970.[2] The circulation of the magazine in 2000 was 150,000 copies.[5] The magazine also enjoyed high circulation levels abroad among all Arabic publications.[14][15]

See also

List of magazines in Egypt

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Adel Darwish (5 September 1995). "Obituary: Amina al-Said". The Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sonia Aly Dabbous (October 2002). "Women in the Media Past - Present - Future...". Ayamm. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Amīnah al-Saʿīd". Britannica Encyclopedia. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Suad Joseph (2000). Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East. Syracuse University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8156-2864-4. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sahar Hegazi; Mona Khalifa (October 2000). "Increasing the Coverage of Reproductive Health Issues in Egyptian Press Project". FRONTIERS/Population Council. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Marilyn Booth (May 2001). "Woman in Islam". International Journal of Middle East Studiea 23 (2): 171–201. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  7. ↑ 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). Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Galal Amin (2012). "Egypt and the Market Culture". In Aleya Serour. Writing Egypt. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. p. 196. ISBN 978 1 61797 141 9. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Amina el-Saeed; Egyptian Feminist, 81". The New York Times. 15 August 1995. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Feminists in Egypt". International Quranic Center. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "All about Eve: Egyptian feminist and journalist Iqbal...". Chicago Tribune. 25 July 1993. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Media Situation in Egypt: Thirteenth report for the period June and August 2014" (Report). Al Sawt Al Hurr. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  13. ↑ Amal Amireh (October 1996). "Remembering Latifa al-Zayyat". Al Jadid 2 (12). Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  14. ↑ Karen L. Kinnear (22 July 2011). Women in Developing Countries: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-59884-426-9. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  15. ↑ Janet K. Boles; Diane Long Hoeveler (1 January 2004). Historical Dictionary of Feminism. Scarecrow Press. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-8108-4946-4. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

External links

Official website