Shokufeh

After the publication of the first Persian women’s magazine Danesh in Tehran in 1910–1911, Shokufeh (Persian: شكوفه; DMG: Šokufeh; English meaning: "Blossom"), the next Persian magazine only for women, was established in 1913.[1] The magazine was headquartered in Tehran and published on a biweekly basis.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] She supported particularly the promotion of Iranian products and industry as well as education, science and art among women.[4]

Shokufeh
CategoriesWomen's magazine
FrequencyBiweekly
PublisherMaryam Amid Mozayen ol-Saltaneh
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.[5] 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.[3] After Mozayen ol-Saltanehs death in 1919 the publication of Shokufeh was suspended.

References
  1. 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.
  2. Ali Asghar Kia (1996). A review of journalism in Iran: the functions of the press and traditional communication channels in the Constitutional Revolution of Iran (PhD thesis). University of Wollongong. p. 192.
  3. Camron Michael Amin. (2002). The Making of the Modern Iranian Woman: Gender, State Policy, and Popular Culture, 1865–1946, Gainesville, pp. 40-41.
  4. Parvin Paidar. (1995). Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-Century Iran, Cambridge, p. 92.
  5. Hamideh Sedghi. (2007). Women and Politics in Iran: Veiling, Unveiling, and Reveiling, Cambridge, p. 55.
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