The Woman's Voice

A monthly women's magazine

published by

the Lebanese Women's League

General Director

Heneni Tarcha

Managed and published by

Dar al-Kitab

Beirut, Lebanon

Daouk Station

P.O. Box 1284 — Telephone 65-67

Subscription rates: At home: 15 Lebanese lira • Abroad: two Egyptian pounds

Year Two — Issue 42 — September 1946

My Message . . . . . . . "The Woman's Voice" 2
How Women Contribute to the Defense of Palestine . . Ahmad al-Shuqayri 3
The United Nations Organization . . . Dr. Najib Sadaka 4
The New Arab Home . . . . Salwa Dimashqiyah al-Said 6
The Importance of Preventive Care for the Nursing Infant . . Dr. Jamal Harfush 8
Woman in Arab Society . . . . . Sami al-Kayyali 10
I Want Her Blonde . . . . . . . Abdullah al-Labban 11
The Brides of Arabic Poetry . . . . Jamil's Buthayna 12
The First Women's Magazine in the Arabic Language . . Jirji Niqula Baz 14
Literary Marginalia . . . . . . . Youssef al-Khal 16
The Child in the Lebanese Ministry of Health . . . 17
The First Lebanese Sportswoman — Miss Vera Matar . . 18
The Art Masterpieces Dearest to Me . . . . . Munah al-Rabi 22
There (a Poem) . . . . . . Salah Labaki 29
The Duties of Parents Toward Their Children . . Bahija Yumi Salman 30
The Manufacture of Paper . . . . . . . Amin Ahmad al-Sharif 32
Women's Work in Lebanon . . . . Adma Shakhashiri 23
Umm Latouf (A Lebanese Story) . . . . Marun Abboud 34
For Elegance — September Fashions — In My Library — The Cinema — Letters and News — The Most Amusing Things I Have Read — An Answer to Every Question — Around the House — The Kitchen
September 1946