• The Director-General of the UNESCO organization has formed an advisory committee for matters relating to antiquities — buildings, excavations, and museums. The members of this committee are seven persons: three of them from among UNESCO's permanent officials, and the four others from among the world's experts in matters of antiquities. Emir Maurice Chehab, Director of Lebanese Antiquities, has been chosen as one of the four experts for a term of three years. That is a victory won by Lebanon, and a proof of the esteem of international circles for Lebanon's work in this field and for the culture of its sons.
• Emir Bashir the Great left three sons — Qasim, Khalil, and Amin — and two daughters, Saada and Saoud. Emir Khalil most often led the fighting men; he was known for his successful campaigns and his courage on the field of battle, and it was he who drove the Ottomans out of Tripoli in 1832.
This picture shows the daughter of Emir Khalil, wearing on her head the tantour which the ladies of Lebanon wore until the middle of the last century. In all likelihood the Crusader women took this attire from Lebanon, and its fashion spread through Europe in the fourteenth century, after the Crusaders' departure from the East, when some of them returned to Europe wearing Eastern dress. The tantour was the wear of married women; it
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was made of horn, or of silver, or of pure gold, sometimes set with precious stones, and its height was in keeping with the station of its wearer. As for unmarried women, they had no right to wear it unless they were of the noble houses. The
picture published here is from the collections of Dr. Sheikh Hanna al-Hazen; it shows a kinswoman of his wife, Sitt Sumayya, who kindly permitted us to publish it.
Maurice Hafez Chehab Director of Lebanese Antiquities
The Cover Picture
A view of palm trees in Lebanon by the artist-photographer
Manoug
Bab Idriss — Beirut