Citadine (French: City Women) is a French language women's and lifestyle magazine published in Casablanca, Morocco.[1] It is the first lifestyle magazine published in the country.[2]

Citadine
CategoriesWomen's magazine
PublisherLilas Press
FounderAbdellah Khizrane
Founded1995
First issue1 October 1995; 28 years ago (1995-10-01)
CountryMorocco
Based inCasablanca
LanguageFrench
ISSN1113-593X
OCLC37968925

History and profile edit

The magazine was first published in October 1995[3] under the name of La Citadine.[4] The founder of the magazine was Abdellah Khizrane.[5]

It was renamed as Citadine in May 1997.[4] The magazine is based in Casablanca.[4] The publication of Citadine and Femmes du Maroc, another francophone women's magazine, was significant in that it represented an important development in the Moroccan society.[6][7]

The publisher and owner of the magazine is Lilas Press.[3][8] The target audience of the magazine, published in French, is young women.[3][9] It promotes a Western ideal of beauty.[4] However, the magazine also covered critical articles in the 1990s on sexual exploitation, domestic violence and harassment at schools against women.[10]

Keltoum Ghazali served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[3] Ilham Benzakour also served in the post in the mid-2000s.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Fatima Sadiqi (2003). Women, Gender, and Language in Morocco. Leiden; Boston, MA: BRILL. p. 24. ISBN 978-90-04-12853-8.
  2. ^ a b M. Angela Jansen (2015). "Three Generations of Moroccan Fashion Designers". Critical Issues: 33–52. doi:10.5040/9781474235228.ch-003. ISBN 9781474235228.
  3. ^ a b c d Loubna H. Skalli (2006). Through a Local Prism: Gender, Globalization, and Identity in Moroccan Women's Magazines. Lanham, MD; Oxford: Lexington Books. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-7391-1194-9.
  4. ^ a b c d Valérie K. Orlando (2009). Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-230-62259-3.
  5. ^ "Aide à la presse écrite au Maroc". Le blog-du 21 (in French). 1 November 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  6. ^ Dawn Marley. "Language use in women's magazines as a reflection of hybrid linguistic identity in Morocco" (PDF). E Publications. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  7. ^ Farah Kinani (3 December 2006). "Moroccan author Skalli discusses her book, research". Magharebia. Washington DC. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  8. ^ Karima Rhanem (30 March 2006). "Solidarity: Haifaa Wehbe in Morocco to support Red Ribbon". Morocco Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  9. ^ Victoria B. Korzeniowska (April 2005). "Gender, space and identification in Femmes du Maroc and Citadine". International Journal of Francophone Studies. 8 (1): 3–22. doi:10.1386/IJFS.8.1.3/1.
  10. ^ Loubna H. Skalli (Spring 2006). "Communicating gender in the public sphere: women and information technologies in the MENA". Journal of Middle East Women's Studies. 2 (2): 35–59. doi:10.2979/mew.2006.2.2.35.