''Anis al-Jalis'' ( / , ) was a monthly

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published in

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from 1898 to 1907. Its founder and editor was Alexandra Avierino, a British and Greek female writer who was born in Lebanon and spent most of her career life in Egypt. Though some contributors were women, including

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, most were men. The magazine mostly covered articles on

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, child-rearing practices,

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and

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. At the initial phase ''Anis al-Jalis'' targeted bourgeois women, but later it addressed all society categories including rural women, creating sections for them.

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