Citadine

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Citadine
Categories Women's magazine
PublisherLilas Press
FounderAbdellah Khizrane
Founded1995
First issue1 October 1995;29 years ago (1995-10-01)
Country Morocco
Based in Casablanca
Language French
ISSN 1113-593X
OCLC 37968925

Citadine (French : City Women) 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] The founder of the magazine was Abdellah Khizrane. [5]

It was renamed as Citadine in May 1997. [4] The magazine is based in Casablanca. [4] The publication of Citadine and Femmes du Maroc , another francophone women's magazine, was significant in that it represented an important development in the Moroccan society. [6] [7]

The publisher and owner of the magazine is Lilas Press. [3] [8] The target audience of the magazine, published in French, is young women. [3] [9] It promotes a Western ideal of beauty. [4] However, the magazine also covered critical articles in the 1990s on sexual exploitation, domestic violence and harassment at schools against women. [10]

Keltoum Ghazali served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine. [3] Ilham Benzakour also served in the post in the mid-2000s. [2]

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