Mrs. Iqbal Izz al-Din Zouk, delegate of the Lebanese Red Cross in Tripoli, continues her efforts with the noble ladies of Tripoli to bring cheer to the soldiers fighting for the sake of Palestine. Last month a delegation from the Lebanese Red Cross society came down to Beirut, composed of Mesdames Iqbal Izz al-Din Zouk, Eva Fadoul, and Charlotte Michel George, and presented in the society's name to the Ministry of National Defense two hundred packages containing assorted kinds of chocolate, figs, cigarettes, soap, dibs, and the like, to bring cheer to the soldiers fighting for the cause of Palestine; the society in Tripoli likewise presented such necessities to their families.
This work met with general satisfaction in the highest circles, and the society received a letter of appreciation and thanks from the Ministry of Defense.
The kindergarten of the Children's Welfare Society in the city of Tripoli held its annual party at the kindergarten house. It was attended by a large gathering of Tripoli's noble ladies, and the audience admired the beautiful spirit that reigns among the children and the splendid tableaux they presented.
Miss Najwa Mustafa al-Sayyid delivered a gracious address of welcome to the honored company, then pointed to the necessity of caring for children in mind and body so that they may become men. Miss al-Sayyid then pointed to the efforts the ladies of Tripoli are making in this field, foremost among them Mrs. Aliyya Shawqi, who never ceases to think of ways to raise the cultural level; to her belongs the first credit for founding a kindergarten that is the first of its kind in Tripoli.
Miss al-Sayyid's address won the approval of those present, who went out praising this noble institution, which enriches the gifts of mind and spirit in Lebanese childhood.
Literary circles have given a warm welcome to the return of the great man of letters Sheikh Khalil Takieddine, Lebanon's Minister Plenipotentiary in Moscow.
The literary clubs of this country have longed for this voice, which diplomacy had silenced. We hope that the return of this great writer will be a return of good fortune and blessing for letters in this country.
A hearty welcome, then, to the writer-minister.
And from Mexico, Ustad Joseph Abou Khater, Lebanon's Minister Plenipotentiary there, has returned on leave. Minister Abou Khater returns to Lebanon to attend to the affairs of UNESCO; to him belongs the first credit for persuading the competent bodies that it ought to convene here. The country has given Minister Abou Khater a warm welcome.
Sheikh Khalil Alameddine and his gracious wife Adal Alameddine have returned from the United States. Sheikh Khalil made a tour of various hospitals in the United States, while Mrs. Alameddine became acquainted with many American societies and delivered a number of lectures in which she made known the true face of the Lebanese woman. She has brought back many proposals likely to help in raising the standing of the Lebanese woman.
Mrs. Alameddine carries home pleasant memories of the fine hospitality of our Minister Plenipotentiary in Washington, Dr. Charles Malik, and of his lady wife, and of the great services they render to lift Lebanon's name high.
The Woman's Voice will publish a talk with Mrs. Alameddine about this journey of hers.
There has appeared in Beirut the magazine "al-Mujtama," an illustrated weekly concerned before all else with studying the needs of Lebanese society and its deep-lying problems and with depicting its pains, leaving politics and its tangles aside.
We took up its first issue and found it filled with varied articles on all manner of subjects. We are pleased to note the gift that al-Mujtama enclosed with the issue: the portrait of His Majesty King Faisal which The Woman's Voice brought out on the front of its cover last year, on the occasion of His Hashemite Majesty's passage through Lebanon. We wish our dear colleague al-Mujtama the success that the efforts of those in charge of it deserve.
The accomplished woman of letters Mrs. Edvick Shayboub delivers her talks over Radio Beirut twice a month. On the occasion of the
blessed Eid al-Fitr she gave a talk on "Faith" which had a far-reaching echo in Lebanon's literary circles; in it she expressed the human soul's need for that deep, divine feeling of faith, which begets goodness, truth, serenity, and strength in man...
Among the cultivated elements that have lately emigrated from Palestine to Lebanon is the literary Miss Suad Ladhiqani. She holds the diploma of the Government Women Teachers' Training College and took her part in the field of education in Palestine. Miss Ladhiqani was to have traveled to England to specialize at the expense of the Palestine government when the bloody events of Palestine broke out, and she was obliged to come
Miss Suad Ladhiqani
to Lebanon. During her stay in Lebanon, Miss Ladhiqani has taken part in many literary and artistic undertakings, the latest of them a literary dramatic sketch which she presented on Radio Lebanon and which proved a success in every way.
The literary and artistic programs presented on Radio Lebanon by the literary Miss Marie Sabri and the students of the Junior College, together with Ustad Musa Sulayman, have met with great approval in all literary circles, which has led the station's management to record some of these scenes on a special tape, so that the public may hear them more than once.
Miss Sabri and her students have recorded two scenes composed by Ustad Sulayman — "Nights of Andalusia" and "Nights of the