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]

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

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  1. ^ a b c 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.