Anis Al-Jalis

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Anis Al-Jalis (meaning the Sociable Companion in English) was a monthly women's magazine published in Alexandria from 1898 to 1907. [1] Its founder and editor was Alexandra Avierino, a British and Greek female writer who was born in Lebanon and spent most of her career life in Egypt. [2] [1] [3] Though some contributors were women, including Esther Moyal, [4] most were men. [5] The magazine mostly covered articles on home economics, child-rearing practices, fashion and home decoration. [6] At the initial phase Anis Al-Jalis targeted bourgeois women, but later it addressed all society categories including rural women, creating sections for them. [7]

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  2. https://www.hindawi.org/contributors/83617395/
  3. Ferial Jabouri Ghazoul; Hasna Reda-Mekdashi (2008). Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press. p. 16. ISBN   978-977-416-146-9.
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  6. Sonia Dabbous (2004). "'Till I Become a Minister': Women's Rights and Women's Journalism in pre-1952 Egypt". In Naomi Sakr (ed.). Women and Media in the Middle East Power through Self-Expression. London: I.B.Tauris. pp. 41–42. doi:10.5040/9780755604838.ch-003. ISBN   978-1-85043-545-7.
  7. Fruma Zachs (2014). "Cross-Glocalization: Syrian Women Immigrants and the Founding of Women's Magazines in Egypt". Middle Eastern Studies. 50 (3): 361. doi:10.1080/00263206.2013.863757.