to take part in it, and finally upon who would be charged with speaking on each profession.
• It is expected that Dr. Doria Shafik, president of the Bint al-Nil Union and editor-in-chief of the magazine Bint al-Nil, will visit Beirut at the beginning of March, on her way to Aleppo to take part in the series of lectures organized
The address delivered by Mrs. Iqbal Izz al-Din Zouq at the Lebanese Cénacle at the meeting of the Executive Committee and the women's organizations, held for the honor of calling upon His Excellency the President of the Republic and conveying their thanks to His Excellency for granting woman her full right and her equality with man in the field of politics.
Ladies and young ladies,
It is glad tidings indeed that have been borne to our hearts, we the company of women.
Nay, it is an event of distinction in the eyes of the whole world, in Lebanon's course and in Lebanon's history.
Nay, it is a leap forward for the Lebanese woman, by the granting of her long-denied right in its fullest form, after a long struggle and a fierce fight and after her repeated cries. By this, Lebanon stands in the vanguard of the nations that have raised woman to the station of esteem and respect she deserves in the world of thought, society, and politics. And the Lebanese woman records, with pride and exultation, the names of the leaders of this era upon the pages of her sound heart.
We, the company of women, raise to His Excellency the President, to His Excellency the Prime Minister, and to Their Excellencies the Ministers our most sincere thanks for this bold and blessed step, which has raised the standing of the Lebanese woman and lifted her up to walk side by side with man in service, sacrifice, and earnest work, in a wide and unfettered atmosphere, for the good of
by Dar al-Kutub for the Arab men of letters.
• It is a bewitching smile with which the child Abdul-Karim Shuqair greets us at the opening of his second year! This beautiful little one is the only child of Mr. Rashid Shuqair, and on the occasion of the first anniversary of his birth his father gave for him a charming party that gathered a bouquet of family and friends.
So "The Woman's Voice" wishes the innocent childhood in little Abdul-Karim's eyes to become a blooming youth that conquers hearts!, and that this sweet anniversary may return to him scores of times, while he goes clothed in health and easy living in the shade of his two gracious parents.
The Lebanese Red Cross held its annual general meeting at the Presidential Palace on Saturday, February 21, at four in the afternoon, in the presence of His Excellency the President of the Republic and his wife, the President of the Council of Ministers, the president of the Lebanese Red Cross, the members of the central committee, and the delegates of the regional branches; there were also present some men of the diplomatic corps, deputies, senior officers of the army and the gendarmerie, and a number of leading personalities and distinguished families.
The Marquise de Freige opened the meeting with a word in which she welcomed His Excellency the President of the Republic and thanked him for the material and moral assistance which he, with his honored government, renders to the institution; she likewise thanked the physicians and those persons who sacrifice their time to take part in the work of this humanitarian institution. Then Mrs. Najla Saab, the secretary, spoke of the work of the Red Cross and its humanitarian aims.
After the payment of subscriptions the election of the new members took place, and the majority went to the ladies: the wife of Alfred Kettaneh, the wife of Fernand Arsanios, the wife of Amin Beyhum, the wife of Dr. Joseph Ashkar, the wife of Tawfiq Majdalani, the wife of Edouard Noun, the wife of Simon Sehnaoui, and the wife of Ashraf al-Ahdab; and the ninth member went to a run-off ballot.