delivered a word of welcome that made the loveliest impression upon the conference members.
Then Mrs. Salma Khoury Makdisi came forward and delivered the address of the Lebanese branch; and she was followed by Miss Barnes, president of the conference, who set forth the nobility of the aim that had gathered together this great number of the world's women, and expressed everyone's pleasure in making the acquaintance of beautiful Lebanon.
Besides the agenda concerning the Association's affairs, the conference examined the urgent world questions and problems of the present, and how a women's institution may face them and work toward their solution.
It likewise discussed the problem of lodging for girls far from their homes, how to raise woman's political and economic level, the conditions of the work given to woman, and the refugee question.
• On October 14, at the Islamic Makassed College in the city of Sidon, the golden jubilee was celebrated of the proprietor of the magazine al-Irfan, the learned
• The nineteenth of October marked the tenth anniversary of the death of that literary genius, May Ziadeh; and “Woman's Talk” on Radio Lebanon devoted its programs of that day to the observance of this immortal memory.
The station's address was delivered by the supervisor of the women's program, Mrs. Edvick Jureidini Shayboub, who gave a sketch of May's life, analyzed her literary style, and traced the graceful womanly personality through her writing. Finally she spoke of the great void that May's death has left in Arabic letters, and in women's letters in particular.
After that, Miss Nahida Fadli read selections from May's finest lyrical masterpieces, which made the loveliest impression.
The special program closed with brief remarks in the words of three great figures of letters: the writer Mrs. Julia Tu'mah Dimashqiyah, the women's leader Mrs. Huda Hanim Shaarawi, and Dr. Taha Hussein.
And thus the memory of “May” is renewed in the hearts of those who love her and admire her living art, with the passing of the years and the turning of the ages.
Sheikh Ahmad Arif al-Zayn — marking the passage of fifty years of his struggle in the cause of spreading learning and culture in the Arab lands, and the steady progress of his distinguished magazine along that path. The celebration was under the patronage of His Excellency the President of the Republic, and speeches were delivered at it by a company of great scholars, men of letters, and poets from all the Arab countries.
The Woman's Voice, in raising its congratulations to the venerable Sheikh Ahmad Arif al-Zayn, wishes him lasting health and vigor for the fulfillment of the intellectual mission to which he has devoted his life.
• Last month, at Furn el-Chebbak, the wedding was celebrated of the young man of letters Mr. Philippe Hitti — son of the late Youssef Ayoub al-Hitti, proprietor of the now-vanished newspaper Arzat Lubnan — to the highly refined Miss Violette Elias Bechara. The crowning was blessed by a company of the clergy. To the bride and groom, the warmest congratulations.
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