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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2021 by the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies
- ISSN
- 1552-5864
- eISSN
- 1558-9579
- DOI
- 10.1215/15525864-9307000
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Abstract
Downloaded from http://read.dukeupress.edu/jmews/article-pdf/17/3/485/1169825/485gaul.pdf by DEEPDYVE INC user on 30 March 2022 THIRD S PACE Roundtab l e: Gendered T r ansnatio nalisms in the M iddle E ast and N orth Africa Transnational Dimensions of Moroccan Gender History Sources, Access, Politics ANNY GA U L hile I was browsing the online catalog of Morocco’s Bibliothèque Nationale W in the winter of 2017, a search turned up the title of a women’s magazine I had not come across before: Shuru¯q, a short-lived periodical published in Ara- bic in 1965 and 1966. When I requested it, however, I was told that the title was unavailable. After several failed attempts to view it, I moved on. Queries with used-book dealers proved equally unsuccessful: many knew the title but could not recall seeing a copy anytime recently. I found a brief mention of the magazine in a chapter from an edited volume; it quoted Shuru¯q’s founder, Khenata Bennouna, who explained that she had created the magazine to counter the pervasiveness of writing for women “concerned only with beauty tips, fashion, and the kitchen” (Amiti 1999: 60). Months later I noticed that a 2015 anthology of the magazine’s first three (of four) issues had
Journal
Journal of Middle East Women's Studies – Duke University Press
Published: Nov 1, 2021