''Citadine'' (french: City Women) is a French language

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and

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published in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the first lifestyle magazine published in the country.

History and profile

The magazine was first published in October 1995 under the name of ''La Citadine''. The founder of the magazine was Abdellah Khizrane. It was renamed as ''Citadine'' in May 1997. The magazine is based in Casablanca. The publication of ''Citadine'' and ''

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'', another

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women's magazine, was significant in that it represented an important development in the Moroccan society. The publisher and owner of the magazine is Lilas Press. The target audience of the magazine, published in French, is young women. It promotes a Western ideal of beauty. However, the magazine also covered critical articles in the 1990s on

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, domestic violence and

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at schools against women. Keltoum Ghazali served as the

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of the magazine. Ilham Benzakour also served in the post in the mid-2000s.

References

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