Parvaresh (newspaper)

Parvaresh (Persian: Education) was one of the Persian publications which were published in Cairo, Egypt. The paper was in circulation between 1900 and 1902.[1] It was among the Persian publications published abroad which contributed to the political awakening of Iranians.[2]

Parvaresh
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founder(s)Mirza Ali Mohammad Khan Kashani
Founded8 June 1900
Political alignment
  • Secular
  • progressive
LanguagePersian
Ceased publicationNovember 1902
HeadquartersCairo
CountryEgypt

History and profile

Parvaresh was established by Mirza Ali Mohammad Khan Kashani in Cairo in 1900,[1][3] and the first issue appeared on 8 June that year.[4] Kashani first launched another Persian newspaper in Cairo entitled Sorayya.[5][6] However, when he disputed with Sorayya's another editor Farajallah Hosayni Kashani he left it and started Parvaresh which was also published on a weekly basis like Sorayya.[5] Parvaresh folded in November 1902 when its founder Mirza Ali Mohammad Khan Kashani died.[1]

Political stance and content

Parvaresh was highly progressive and frequently featured articles about women in the Iranian society.[7] The paper argued that there were many talented and creative Iranian women particularly in the field of literature.[7] It was also added that the status of Iranian women under the Qajar rule was not acceptable due to the fact that they were considered to be lack of human attributes.[7]

References
  1. Nassereddin Parvin (2009). "Persian Journalism in Egypt". Encyclopædia Iranica.
  2. Amin Banani (1959). Impact of the West on Iran, 1921-1941: A study in modernization of social institutions (PhD thesis). Stanford University. p. 16. ISBN 9781084919372. ProQuest 301883678.
  3. Hanan Hammad (2014). "Relocating a common past and the making of east-centric modernity: Islamic and secular nationalism(s) in Egypt and Iran". In Kamran Scot Aghaie; Afshin Marashi (eds.). Rethinking Iranian Nationalism and Modernity. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-292-75749-3.
  4. Negin Nabavi (2005). "Spreading the Word: Iran's First Constitutional Press and the Shaping of a 'New Era'". Middle East Critique. 14 (3): 309. doi:10.1080/10669920500280656.
  5. Kamran M. Dadkhah (July 1992). "Lebas-o Taqva: An Early Twentieth-Century Treatise on the Economy". Middle Eastern Studies. 28 (3): 550. doi:10.1080/00263209208700914.
  6. Gholam Hossein Razi (Autumn 1968). "The Press and Political Institutions of Iran: A Content Analysis of "Ettela'at" and "Keyhan"". The Middle East Journal. 22 (4): 463–474. JSTOR 4324340.
  7. Parvin Paidar (1997). Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-Century Iran. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 47–48. ISBN 978-0-521-59572-8.
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