Welcome to Miṣriqiyā, an international peer-reviewed academic journal published biannually by the Faculty of Women, Ain Shams University. Miṣriqiyā aims to publish high-quality research papers relevant to Africa. The journal publishes articles in the fields of anthropology, history, sociology, politics, geography, linguistics, and literary and cultural studies.

Copyright policy:

The journal allows the author(s) to hold the copyright and to retain publishing rights without any restrictions.

Open access:

The journal is an Open Access journal. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles under the following conditions: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

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 Plagiarism:

The journal has a strict policy against plagiarism. All submitted manuscripts are checked for plagiarism using professional plagiarism-checking software. Submitted manuscripts with an unacceptable similarity index resulting from plagiarism are rejected immediately.

We accept only original research papers of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of our journal. We do not support multiple, redundant, or concurrent publications. An article found to have plagiarized other work or include materials without necessary permission will be denied publication.

We permit self-archiving, which means that authors may deposit the published PDF version of their articles in academic and institutional repositories as well as post their articles on their personal websites.

The submission of a manuscript for publication in Miṣriqiyā grants the editors of the journal the right and license to publish the manuscript on the journal’s website as well as distribute it in different academic databases.

Open Access Statement

Miṣriqiyā is an open-access journal, which means that all content of the journal is freely available without charge to users or their institutions. All articles are published Open Access, so they are made freely available.

Content Licensing                   

Miṣriqiyā is available under (Creative Commons Attribution license). Users are allowed to read, download, copy, share, print, search, and link to the articles, or use them for other lawful purposes, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author, according to the Creative Commons license.