Bint Al Nil

Bint Al Nil (meaning Daughter of the Nile in English) was an Arabic language feminist magazine which was founded and edited by Doria Shafik, a well-known Egyptian woman journalist and activist, from 1945 to 1957 in Cairo, Egypt.

Bint Al Nil
EditorDoria Shafik
CategoriesWomen's magazine
FounderDoria Shafik
Year founded1945
First issue1 November 1945
Final issue1957
CountryEgypt
Based inCairo
LanguageArabic

History and profile

Bint Al Nil was established by Doria Shafik in 1945.[1] A friend of her husband, Ibrahim Abdu, helped Doria Shafik in the foundation of the magazine.[2] The first issue appeared on 1 November 1945.[3] Until 1948 the magazine focused on women nature, but then began to discuss the women’s rights.[4] Following this change the magazine was accused of supporting women to quit their family roles and to enter into workplace.[5] In response to these claims Doria Shafik published an article arguing that Bint Al Nil encouraged women to look for their rights and to pay attention to family life.[5] From 1946 the magazine published a supplement entitled Al Katkut targeting children, making Bint Al Nil the first Arab magazine which offered a children's supplement.[6]

Bint Al Nil ceased publication in 1957.[2] In fact, the magazine was banned by the Egyptian authorities due to Doria Shafik's harsh criticisms over Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser accusing him being an authoritarian ruler.[7][8] In addition, the government of Nasser put Shafik under house arrest.[1][7]

In February 2018 Shiva Balagh exhibited her works in memory of Bint Al Nil and Doria Shafik's organization with the same name in Cairo.[9]

References
  1. Sonia Dabbous (2004). "'Till I Become a Minister': Women's Rights and Women's Journalism in pre-1952 Egypt". In Naomi Sakr (ed.). Women and Media in the Middle East Power through Self-Expression. London: I.B.Tauris. p. 39. doi:10.5040/9780755604838.ch-003.
  2. Cynthia Nelson (2000). "Doria Shafik's French Writing: Hybridity in a Feminist Key". Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics (20): 138. doi:10.2307/521944.
  3. Nadeen Shaker (Spring 2018). "Daughter of the Nile". The Cairo View. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  4. "VIII. A Hardening Ideology". Doria Shafik website. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. "Housewife". The American University in Cairo. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. Heidi Morrison (2015). Childhood and Colonial Modernity in Egypt. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 49. doi:10.1057/9781137432780. ISBN 978-1-349-55571-0.
  7. Jason Lemon (14 December 2016). "Doria Shafik, the woman in today's Google Doodle, helped win Egyptian women's right to vote". Step Feed. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  8. Sarah Ansari (2009). "Polygamy, Purdah and Political Representation: Engendering citizenship in 1950s Pakistan". Modern Asian Studies. 43 (6): 1423. doi:10.1017/S0026749X08003776.
  9. "Sherin Guirguis, "Bint Al Nil/Daughter of the Nile"". Sherin Guirguis Studio. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
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