It asks: Khawla Farah Basima Karima Jannat Bitar Salma Khallouf Nadia Majdoub Ni'mat Zu'bi Najwa Baroudi
"These are questions put by The Woman's Voice's correspondent in Tripoli to a select group of students of the National School of the Greek Orthodox... and this National School is among the finest girls' schools in Lebanon..."
Has the Syrian government made its announcement granting woman the right to exercise the vote?
The Syrian government has shown national awareness and wisdom. As for the awareness, its proof is that it did not wish to deprive half the nation of exercising its national rights and of bearing responsibility for the duties incumbent upon it. And it was wise in not extending the freedom of the vote to every woman, but restricting it to the educated woman only. Thus it has created a strong incentive spurring woman on to seek learning, so that she will not feel she is a paralyzed limb in the body of the nation—and in that there
is a progressive spirit that pushes the whole nation to march forward.
You stirred the enthusiasm of the
audience by playing the role of "Fabiola" in the play The Victims. What feelings did you experience while performing this role?
My own inclinations... without recourse to acting lessons—allow me to say—... and perhaps my theory is an old one: that whoever plays a role must forget his own personality and try to understand well the role he is going to play, and then live—while acting—the life of the character he portrays. With this feeling I succeeded, and I was confident that I was succeeding, because I lived Fabiola on the stage.
Which of your lessons is dearest to you?
You ask about my lessons!... The
truth is that there is nothing in them to call forth any energy, for they are all theoretical and are not fit for building a sound society. What justifies my inclination toward some of them is that they contain a principle for going out into the wider world, and thence a call to guidance. And here I have the right to ask myself: what will my inclination in life be? I cannot answer this question, because I have not yet gone out into life in practice.
Do you think it better to apply a unified program in all the schools of Lebanon?
Without a doubt. We in Lebanon are in the utmost need of unifying our educational program,