''Hawaa'' (

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published in

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, Egypt. The magazine is modelled by other women's magazines in the

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. It was Egypt's first women's magazine, founded in 1954.

History and profile

''Hawaa'' was first published in 1954. The founder was Amina Al Said, an Egyptian journalist and

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. The publisher is Dar Al Hilal. ''Hawaa'' is published weekly and features news on health and beauty, family affairs, fashion, adornment and home management using a feminist perspective. In the 1970s it featured

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written by both Egyptian and Western authors. The magazine targets not only women but also men. Amina Al Said, its founder, was the first

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of the weekly and served in the post from its inception in 1954 to 1969. She was the first female editor-in-chief and the first female chair of a publishing house, namely, Dar Al Hilal, in Egypt. She published a weekly column in ''Hawaa'' until her death in 1995. Iqbal Baraka was the long-term editor-in-chief of the magazine who was appointed to the post in July 1993. On 28 June 2014 Magda Mahmoud became the editor-in-chief of the magazine. Egyptian intellectual

Latifa al-Zayyat Latifa al-Zayyat ( ar, لطيفة الزيات) (8 August 1923 – 10 September 1996) was an Egyptian activist and writer, most famous for her novel ''The Open Door'', which won the inaugural Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature. Biography Al Zay ...

was the contributor of ''Hawaa'' from 1965 to 1968.

Circulation

''Hawaa'' sold 175,000 copies in 1954. Its circulation was 200,000 copies before 1967 and was about 175,000 copies in the period between 1967 and 1970. The circulation of the magazine in 2000 was 150,000 copies. The magazine also enjoyed high circulation levels abroad.

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History and profile

Circulation

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