Femmes du Maroc

Femmes du Maroc
Frequency Monthly
Publisher Caractères
Year founded 1995 (1995)
Country Morocco
Based in Sidi Maârouf, Casablanca
Language French
Website femmesdumaroc.com
OCLC number 37973288

Femmes du Maroc (meaning Women of Morocco in English) is a French language monthly women's magazine published in Casablanca, Morocco.

History and profile

Femmes du Maroc was first published in November 1995.[1] The magazine is published by the Moroccan publishing house Caractères and directed, together with Nissae, by the Moroccan journalist Aïsha Zaïmi Sakhri, known for her strong support of women's rights.[2] Its first editor-in-chief was also Sakhri.[3]

The magazine has a large fashion and beauty section, besides other sections such as psychological advice aimed mainly at working women, advice for a more pleasurable sex life[4] and, since 2004, a small section called 'celibattante', which translates loosely as 'unmarried and proud of it' breaks the taboo of considering sexual relations only inside the marriage framework. The monthly considers itself a feminist publication with a clear aim of changing the situation of women in the Moroccan society.[5] The magazine covered critical articles in the 1990s on sexual exploitation, domestic violence and harassment at schools against women.[6]

In addition, the magazine offers long interviews with politicians, artists and activists and features articles that often criticize the patriarchal aspects of society. Femmes du Maroc launched signature campaigns asking for legal reforms. It also sponsors Caftan, an annual commercial fashion event.[7]

In 2007 each issue sold around 13.500 copies,[8] which made it the most widely read monthly French language magazine in the country. It has an Arabic sister publication, Nissae Min Al Maghrib, which sells more than twice as much. Other Moroccan women magazines include Citadine ("Citizen" founded in 1995, with 8.000 copies sold), Ousra ("Family", in Arabic) and Parade, all of them published in French,[9] and Citadine (Arabic version, around 5.600 copies sold), Lalla Fatima (around 34.000 copies), and Nissae Min Al Maghrib (around 36.000 copies), in Arabic language.[10]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ La Vie Eco, 8 July 2005
  3. ↑ M. Angela Jansen. "Three Generations of Moroccan Fashion Designers" (PDF). Critical Issues. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Volkskrant 1 June 2008.
  5. ↑ La Gazette du Maroc 18 October 2004.
  6. ↑ Skalli, Loubna H. (Spring 2006). "Communicating gender in the public sphere: women and information technologies in the MENA". Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, special issue: Women's Activism and the Public Sphere (Duke University Press) 2 (2): 35–59. doi:10.2979/mew.2006.2.2.35. JSTOR 10.2979/mew.2006.2.2.35. Pdf.
  7. ↑ Tel Quel Nº 246
  8. ↑ OJD Morocco
  9. ↑ TelQuel Nº 263 `
  10. ↑ OJD Morocco

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