A monthly women's magazine published by
the Dar Lubnan League
P.O. Box 1284 — Beirut — Lebanon
Responsible director: Heneni Tarcha
The supervisory committee — Mesdames:
Alice Nakkash Nazik Sarkis
Sittiyya al-Khazin
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Editor-in-chief: Edvick J. Shayboub
All correspondence concerning editorial matters and administration should be sent to:
Dar al-Kitab
Daouk Station, Phoenicia Street,
the Saab Building
P.O. Box 1284 — Beirut
Telephone: 48-00
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Subscription
In Lebanon, Syria, and the Arab world
15 L.L. or the equivalent
Abroad
10 dollars or the equivalent
For official departments and institutions
25 L.L. or the equivalent.
Advertisements: arranged by agreement
with the administration directly.
Page
The Woman's Word .......... Edvick Jureidini Shayboub 3
The Cover Picture 4
Shortsighted Selfishness .......... Muhammad al-Naqqash 5–7
Personality of the Month .......... Rose Ghorayeb 8–9
The Final Examinations .......... Layla Charles Saad 11–13
Poetry .......... Thurayya Malhas 15
With Women Writers from America .......... Tawfiq Sayigh 16–17
With the Women Students of the American University of Beirut .......... Intisar Tabash 18–19
Between War and Literature .......... Jihan Gazawi Aony 20–22
Summer Fashions .......... Mun Hayim 23
Beauty and the Artistic Painting .......... Salwa Rawda 24–25
The Great Experiment .......... Dr. Sargent 26–28
Styling Short Hair 29
The Life of Mario Lanza 30–31
Rise, Let Us Set Out from Here (Story of the Issue) .......... Filib Muslim 33–35
Detecting and Treating Crossed Eyes .......... Dr. Cesar Abou Jaoude 36–37
To Be Perfectly Elegant 38–39
Woman Around the World .......... Emily Fares Ibrahim 40–42
Cleaning and Storing Winter Clothes 43
Women Writers of the Future 48–49
In Society 50–57
The Kitchen 58
Dr. Salwa Nassar shakes hands with His Excellency the Prime Minister Sami al-Solh after he decorated her with the Order of Education, First Class, in recognition of her services to science. Seated is Mrs. Evelyne Bustros, president of the Lebanese Women's Union, which called for this ceremony at the Military Club (see page 14).
