Table of Contents

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A Call to the Lebanese Woman ... Salma Sayegh ... 5

The Cover Picture ... 4

How Woman Was Emancipated ... Widad Cortas ... 5–9

The Three Pillars ... Zaheya Ayoub ... 10 and 11

“Sitt Nasab,” Mother of Fakhr al-Din ... Maurice Chehab ... 12 and 13

The Unconquerable Spirit of Woman ... Widad Matar ... 14 and 15

An Agricultural Calendar ... Léon Latour ... 16 and 17

How Myths Arose ... Tawfiq Sayigh ... 18–20

With the Girl Guides ... Hanifa Sabra ... 21–23

A Letter I Wish I Had Burned ... 24–27

Burst Forth, My Soul ... Fahima Hakim ... 28

The Resurrection ... “Ibn al-Layl” and Wadia al-Najm ... 29

Khazen Jokes ... 30

A Visit to the Quarantine Station ... M. R. R. ... 31–33

To Heads of Families ... 34

The Ijaza in Poetry ... Henriette Siksek ... 35–37

Woman in Dakar ... Samia Qaramli ... 38

Letters ... the Women's Union ... 40 and 41

Nazira Joumblatt (in French) ... Eveline Bustros ... 42 and 43

In Society ... 44–46

The Kitchen ... 47–49