Al Fatat

Al Fatat
CategoriesWomen's magazine
FrequencyMonthly
FounderHind Nawfal
First issue30 November 1892
Final issue1894
CountryEgypt
Based inAlexandria
LanguageArabic

Al Fatat (Arabic: الفتاة / ALA-LC: al Fatāt, "the young girl") was a women's magazine published in Alexandria, Egypt. The magazine was the first Arab women's magazine[1][2] and was one of the earliest publications in the country.[3] It was published from 1892 to 1894. Al Fatat is the forerunner of the women's magazines in the Arab countries.[2]

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  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Marilyn Booth (May 2001). "Woman in Islam. Men and the "Women's Press" in Turn-of-the-20th-Century Egypt". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 23 (2): 171–201. doi:10.1017/S002074380100201X. JSTOR 259561.