The Woman's Voice

A monthly women's magazine published by the Lebanese Women's League

P.O. Box 1284 — Beirut — Lebanon

Responsible Director: Heneni Tarcha

The supervisory committee — Mesdames:

Alice Nakkash Nazik Sarkis

Sumayya al-Khazin

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Editor-in-Chief: Edvick J. Shayboub

All correspondence concerning the editing and the management

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 Lebanese liras or the equivalent

Abroad:

10 dollars or the equivalent

For official departments and institutions:

25 Lebanese liras or the equivalent

Advertisements: to be arranged

directly with the management

Table of Contents
How Did We Vote? — the Editor-in-Chief 3
"The Woman's Voice" Asks the Leaders of Thought — His Excellency Mr. Muhyi al-Din al-Nasouli 5
The Syrian Woman in Parliament — Munawwar Fawwal 6–7
Woman and the Electoral Battle? — Asma Tubi 8–9
Princess Margaret Turns Twenty-Three 10
The Carpet (a story) — Rose Ghorayeb 11–13
The Book "Our Inner Conflicts" — Edvick Jureidini Shayboub 15–17
The Art of Home Beautification — Afaf Abd al-Baqi 18–20
The Blue Curtains (a story) — Ulfat Omar Pasha al-Idlibi 21–23
Ask Whatever You Wish 24
Are You the Mistress of Your Situation? 25
The Mother-in-Law Is Not the Cause of the Quarrel! 26–28
Do You Believe in Love at First Sight? 29
This Method Is Faster Than Drugs 30
Memory: How Do We Strengthen It? 31
Come Along to the Beach 32
Whispers for Girls About to Marry 33–35
Guidance in Modern Education — Faiza Maalouf Antiba 36–38
Between Despair and Hope — Hibah al-Wadi 39
Glimpses on the Training of Social Affairs Specialists — Rifat Habbab 40–42
With the Summer Session at the American University of Beirut — Emily Nasrallah 45–47
In Society 48–50

The Cover Picture

It is summer, harvest time!!.. What heavenly joy floods this modern peasant girl as she leans back to rest atop the heaps of yellow wheat ears!

— Photograph by the artist Manouk —

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