Layla (magazine)

Layla
15 May 1924 issue
EditorPaulina Hassoun
CategoriesWomen
FrequencyMonthly
First issue15 October 1923
Final issue3 January 1925
CountryIraq
Based inBaghdad
LanguageArabic

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

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

  1. ^ a b "Layla, Issue 1, 15 October 1923". World Digital Library. 15 October 1923. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  2. ^ Noga Efrati (2004). "British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies". 31 (2). Taylor & Francis: 158–159. JSTOR 4145506. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Beth K. Dougherty; Edmund A. Ghareeb (2013). Historical Dictionary of Iraq. Scarecrow Press. p. 658. ISBN 978-0-8108-7942-3.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Doreen Ingrams (1983). The awakened: women in Iraq. Third World Centre. ISBN 9780861990610.
  7. ^ 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.