Citadine
Women's magazine in Morocco
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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]
| Categories | Women's magazine |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Lilas Press |
| Founder | Abdellah Khizrane |
| Founded | 1995 |
| First issue | 1 October 1995 |
| Country | Morocco |
| Based in | Casablanca |
| Language | French |
| ISSN | 1113-593X |
| OCLC | 37968925 |
History and profile
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]