The Woman's Voice in Iraq

Among the news of Iraq brought to us by our correspondent there: the Iraqi Women's Union held a meeting last month, attended by delegates of the associations belonging to the Union: Mrs. Zakiyya al-Pachachi for the women's branch of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society; Mrs. Suad al-Umari and Miss Sabiha al-Sheikh Ahmad for the women's branch for the protection of children; and Mrs. Asiya Tawfiq Wahbi and Mrs. Kawzin Abd al-Qadir Rashid — Mrs. Ismat Sabah al-Said being absent on travel. For the Society for Combating Social Ills: Mrs. Badriyya Hasan Salman, Mrs. Mahasin Abd al-Hamid Mahmud, and Miss Madiha al-Athari; for the women's branch of the "Nation's Homes Society": Mrs. Rose Khadduri, Mrs. Aliyya Yahya Qasim, and Miss Azza al-Istrabadi; and Mrs. Afifa Rauf and Miss Naziha Rauf for the Women's League. The Union's secretary opened the meeting by reading the annual report on the Union's work and the projects it carried out during the past year; then elections for the administrative board for the new year were held. Mrs. Asiya Tawfiq Wahbi won the presidency; Mrs. Rose Khadduri, the vice-presidency; Miss Azza al-Istrabadi, the secretaryship; and Mrs. Badriyya Hasan Salman, the treasurership.

The Lebanese woman stretches out her hand to greet her Arab sister across the desert, hoping that the women of the Arabs in every land will remain the torches that light the path of the Arab peoples in their struggle and in their victory...