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Women's magazine in Iran (1920–1921)

Nameh-e Banuvan
CategoriesWomen's magazine
FrequencyBiweekly
PublisherShahnaz Azad
FounderShahnaz Azad
First issue1920
Final issue1921
CountryQajar Iran
Based inTehran
LanguagePersian

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

References

  1. ^ 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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