Shokufeh

After the publication of the first Persian women’s magazine Danesh in Tehran in 1910/1911, Shokufeh (Persian: شكوقه; DMG: Šokufeh; English: "Blossom"), the next Persian magazine only for women, was established in 1913. The editor was Maryam Amid Mozayen ol-Saltaneh, the daughter of Aqa Mirza Sayyed Razi Ra’is al-Atebba, a high-ranking medical advisor at the Qajar court.[1] Almost at the same time, Mozayen ol-Saltaneh founded the Iranian Women’s Society Anjoman Khavatin Irani, which objectives she published in the Shokufeh magazine.[2] She supported particularly the promotion of Iranian products and industry as well as education, science and art among women.[3]

Šokufeh
CategoriesWomen's magazine
PublisherMaryam Amid Mozayen ol-Saltaneh
Year founded1913
Final issue1919
CountryIran
Based inTehran
LanguagePersian
WebsiteShokufeh

At first the magazine dealt predominantly with topics that concerned mainly women, like equality of rights, education, upbringing, hygiene and ethics.[4] In the course of the work of the Iranian Women’s Society the topics started to be more political, whereby the national independence and the woman's role were addressed.[5] Shokufeh claimed not to interfere in the men's political sphere, but was unable always to keep to it, which brought the magazine under censorship.[6] After Mozayen ol-Saltanehs death in 1919 the publication of Shokufeh was suspended.

References
  1. Camron Michael Amin: The Making of the Modern Iranian Woman: Gender, State Policy, and Popular Culture, 1865–1946, Gainesville 2002, p. 40f.
  2. Parvin Paidar: Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-Century Iran, Cambridge 1995, p. 92.
  3. Parvin Paidar: Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-Century Iran, Cambridge 1995, p. 92.
  4. Hamideh Sedghi: Women and Politics in Iran: Veiling, Unveiling, and Reveiling, Cambridge 2007, p. 55.
  5. Hamideh Sedghi: Women and Politics in Iran: Veiling, Unveiling, and Reveiling, Cambridge 2007, p. 55.
  6. Camron Michael Amin: The Making of the Modern Iranian Woman:Gender, State Policy, and Popular Culture, 1865–1946, Gainesville 2002, p. 41.

Further reading
  • Camron Michael Amin: The Making of the Modern Iranian Woman: Gender, State Policy, and Popular Culture, 1865–1946, Gainesville 2002.
  • Parvin Paidar: Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-Century Iran, Cambridge 1995.
  • Hamideh Sedghi: Women and Politics in Iran: Veiling, Unveiling, and Reveiling, Cambridge 2007.
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