Nameh-e Banuvan

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Nameh-e Banuvan
CategoriesWomen's magazine
FrequencyBiweekly
PublisherShahnaz Azad
FounderShahnaz Azad
First issue1920
Final issue1921
Country Qajar Iran
Based in Tehran
Language Persian
First page of the first issue of Nameh-e Banuvan NAMA-YE BANOVAN.jpg
First page of the first issue of Nameh-e Banuvan

Nameh-e Banuvan (Persian: Women's Letters) was a women's magazine published between 1920 and 1921. [1] It was one of the publications that were started following Reza Shah's establishment his rule in Iran. [2] Its founder was Shahnaz Azad who was also the publisher. [3] The magazine was based in Tehran. [4] The magazine was published biweekly and stated its aim as to encourage the emancipation of the Iranian women. [1] It also attempted to remind male audience that women were their primary teachers. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Liora Hendelman-Baavur (2019). Creating the Modern Iranian Woman. Popular Culture between Two Revolutions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 39. doi:10.1017/9781108627993. ISBN   9781108627993. S2CID   211433811.
  2. ↑ Kristin Batmanghelichi (2013). Revolutions and 'Rough Cuts': Bodily Technologies for Regulating Sexuality in Contemporary Iran (PhD thesis). Columbia University. p. 40. doi:10.7916/D8FT8T7F.
  3. ↑ Gholam Khiabany; Annabelle Sreberny (2004). "The Women's Press in Contemporary Iran: Engendering the Public Sphere". In Naomi Sakr (ed.). Women and Media in the Middle East Power through Self-Expression. London: I.B.Tauris. p. 16. doi:10.5040/9780755604838.ch-002. ISBN   978-1-85043-545-7.
  4. ↑ Serhan Afacan (2021). "Between Law and Tradition: Women and Womanhood in Iran's Nasim-e Shomal". Mukaddime. 12 (1): 126. doi: 10.19059/mukaddime.809094 . S2CID   235534314.


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