among themselves, and the strong among them still covets the weak; and this is what makes our work exceedingly grave. We are human, and human beings are not immune from error; it has become clear that the United Nations often errs, even when it is unanimous upon some opinion.
I sense at close hand the feeling of responsibility that possesses you. Woman has borne in the past, and still bears, great responsibilities and sacrifices... yet her authority is still limited, and leadership is still in the hand of man. For this reason I say: the struggle to obtain political rights does not end with your obtaining these rights; it must go on for a very long time before your rights are made secure. The road of the struggle is long and arduous.
Until she said:
And do not suppose that your situation in this country is unique; in the world there are many other outcomes besides it, which may be graver than your own situation... Even we in the United States passed through similar circumstances, though they did not last long...
I ascertained today, when I visited the refugees' tents, that the results were contrary to what I had imagined..
I have kept company with the great statesmen for a long time, but I am not one of them. What I know from my experience is that those who made the decisions that led to this situation believed that they were dealing with it with the utmost justice and right. And what I see now is that we must try to find sound solutions, and reach better results.
You in this country feel that a great wrong has been done you by the decisions of the United Nations; but you look from your own angle, and do not take the other points of view into consideration. Nevertheless I say to you: do not despair of your condition; demand, and press your demand, for the rights you feel are naturally yours. And I
urge you to persevere in this zeal, and in constant work to solve the question by a just solution with which you will be content...
Finally Mrs. Roosevelt wished the Lebanese woman well-being and success, and that she might obtain her rights in full and live in the shadow of peace and justice.
• Since her return from Egypt bearing the degree of doctor in history, Miss Zahia Kaddoura remains the object of the warm regard and esteem of scholarly circles.
In her honor, the Makassed College Graduates' Association gave a grand tea party which brought together a choice company of men of letters and members of the association.
Speeches were made at the party by Messrs. Zaki Nakkash, director of Makassed for Boys; Dr. Jamil Anouni, in the name of the
Makassed graduates; Miss Zahiyah Dughan, directress of Makassed College for Girls; and the engineer Ali Halawi; then by Dr. Zahia Kaddoura, who gave thanks for the kindly spirit she had found in her brothers and sisters, the members of the association... The party was marked throughout by a spirit of fellowship among the assembled guests, who esteem in the accomplished doctor her long efforts in the cultural and literary field, and the great assistance she
rendered to the Lebanese students during the period of her presidency of their union in Egypt...
Dr. Zahia Kaddoura has been appointed professor of history at the Lebanese University; The Woman's Voice wishes her ever-continuing success in the field to which she has dedicated herself.
• The musical artist Miss Diana Said Takieddine has returned from a visit to Paris that lasted a full month, during which she was in touch with the finest musical circles and played, in private sessions, for the greatest musical personalities of Paris. Her grace in performance and her extraordinary artistic gifts drew every eye — which led those responsible in Paris to engage her for the coming year, to take part in great concerts to be given by certain famous ensembles.
Lebanon may rightly boast of the artist Miss Takieddine, brilliant in performance and a composer of musical pieces, though she is still only eighteen years of age. The finest artistic circles in Lebanon look upon this gifted young girl as upon a smiling, radiant hope..
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