It was a progressive magazine that encouraged contribution by both male and female authors.
[1] Nabanoor was a monthly magazine which started publication in 1903 in Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British India.
The magazine wanted to encourage literary traditions in the Bengali Muslim community.
[5] According to Leela Fernandes in the book Routledge Handbook of Gender in South Asia, articles published in the Nabanoor showed a growing divide between the Muslim Bengali and Hindu Bengali community.
Begum Rokeya published a number of articles on women empowerment in the magazine.