Zaban-e Zanan (Persian: زبان زنان, English meaning: Women's Voice) was a radical women's periodical, published in Iran from 18 July 1919 until 1 January 1921, and edited by activist Sediqeh Dowlatabadi.
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| Editor | Sediqeh Dowlatabadi |
|---|---|
| Categories | Women's magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Founder | Sediqeh Dowlatabadi |
| First issue | 18 July 1919 |
| Final issue | 1 January 1921 |
| Country | Iran |
| Based in | Isfahan |
History and profile edit
In 1919 teacher and activist Sediqeh Dowlatabadi founded the magazine Zaban-e Zanan.[1] It was the third women's magazine to be published in Iran, and the first to be published outside Tehran - it was published in Isfahan.[2][3] It was preceded by: Danesh (Knowledge) published from 1910; Shokufeh (Blossom) published from 1913.[4] The first issue was published on 18 July 1919 and started as a bi-weekly periodical.[5] Each issue was four pages long.[6] However, due to demand it moved to weekly publication.[5] It only published submissions from women and girls.[7] The magazine was forced to close on 1 January 1921, due to its anti-British stance.[5]
Reception edit
From the outset, Dowlatabadi set out to create articles which would challenge "backwardness and feeble-mindedness" surrounding women's rights in Isfahan.[8] The publication explicitly advocated for 'Unveiling' of women in Iran.[5] As a result of this stance, the publication was attacked in other news outlets, and the premises were physically attacked with stones and with firearms.[9] The magazine ended up being produced under police protection.[5] Two years after its publication, it was banned for 13 months due to the explicitly anticolonial editorial of Dowlatabadi.[10][11]
In 1921, Dowlatabadi moved to Tehran and re-established the magazine there.[1] This iteration was under the same name, but published as a monthly 48-page magazine.[1] This second edition was influential and gives insight into the lives of women in Iran across several decades.[12]
Legacy edit
In 2016, Zaban-e Zanan and Dowlatabadi's archives were the subject of an exhibition curated by Azadeh Fatehrad.[13][14][15]
References edit
- ^ a b c "128 A women's magazine | Rebels with a Cause". www.iisg.nl. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "شبکه بین المللی همبستگی با مبارزات زنان ايران". www.iran-women-solidarity.net. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sanasarian, Eliz (1982). The Women's Rights Movements in Iran. New York: Praeger. pp. 124–129. ISBN 0-03-059632-7.
- ^ a b c d e "Zaban-e Zanan". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Somayyeh Mottaghi. (2015). 'The Historical Relationship between Women’s Education and Women’s Activism in Iran' Asian Women, 31(1).
- ^ "Sediqeh Dowlatabadi 1882-1961". sister-hood magazine. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Diana Childress (2011). Equal Rights Is Our Minimum Demand: The Women's Rights Movement in Iran 25. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-7613-5770-4.
- ^ "Iranian Personalities: Sediqeh Dowlatabadi". Iran Chamber. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Iran's Feminist Parties". exterminatingangel.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Camron Michael Amin (2001). "Selling and Saving "Mother Iran": Gender and the Iranian Press in the 1940s". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 33 (3): 335–361. doi:10.1017/S0020743801003014. ISSN 0020-7438. JSTOR 259455. PMID 18159657.
- ^ شفیعی, سمیه سادات; حسینی فر, سیده زهرا (2018). "نقش های اجتماعی مرجح زنان در آغاز پهلوی دوم؛ کاووشی جامعه شناختی در ماهنامه زبان زنان". فصلنامه علوم اجتماعی. 25 (82). doi:10.22054/qjss.2018.23523.1593.
- ^ "Exhibition: Iran's Women's Movement - On the Archive of Sadiqe Dowlatabadi". Framer Framed. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Dazed (21 June 2019). "Three women artists rewriting the troubled history of feminism in Iran". Dazed. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Azadeh Fatehrad (7 February 2016). "Iran's women's movement: on the archive of Sadiqe Dowlatabadi". framerframed.nl. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
External links edit
Media related to Zaban-e Zanan at Wikimedia Commons
