The Painting Exhibition in Amman

* An exhibition of painting was held in Amman in which a number of artists took part. In it Miss Valeria Shaaban, a teacher at the Queen Zein al-Sharaf School in Amman, exhibited a collection of some thirty of her canvases, which won admiration. The first prize was won by the painter Mr. Ihsan Idli, and Miss Valeria Shaaban took second place. Of Valeria's canvases, the one that won admiration was the picture of the Cedars; the judge also praised the picture of Dhour el-Choueir which she painted last year during her visit to Lebanon.