Table of Contents

In Her Bed, as I Knew Her... . . . Edvick Jureidini Shayboub . . . 3
Julia the Friend . . . Mari Yanni Ata Allah . . . 5
The Pioneers . . . Afifa Saab . . . 6–7
Her Life Was a Wonder . . . Fuad Sarruf . . . 8–9
My Mother... and My Teacher . . . Anbara Salam Khalidi . . . 10–11
Julia Has Passed . . . Asma Tubi . . . 11
How I Discovered Her . . . Jirji Niqula Baz . . . 12
My Mother-in-Law... the Greatest Woman in My Life! . . . Margaret Nadim Dimashqiyah . . . 13–14–15
O Mama's Life . . . Julia Tu'mah Dimashqiyah . . . 16–17–18
Julia, O Waking of the Dawn (verse) . . . Jamal Salim Nuwayhid . . . 19
From the Letters of Julia Dimashqiyah . . . 20–21–22
From the Mischief of Dawn . . . Julia Tu'mah Dimashqiyah . . . 23–24
The First and Last Duty . . . Julia Tu'mah Dimashqiyah . . . 25
Julia's Marriage . . . Ihsan Dimashqiyah . . . 26–27
What the Press Said . . . 28–29
In Memory of Ameen Rihani . . . 30–31–32
Evening in the Valley (verse) . . . Riyad Maalouf . . . 31
Mafluq's Chatter . . . Mafluq . . . 33
Flights of Fancy . . . Sin wa-Ayn . . . 34
The Child's Emotional Nourishment . . . Mayy Tawfiq Salman . . . 35
A Mother's Wish . . . Yaacoub Hourani . . . 36
Papa Noël (story) . . . Rashad Darghouth . . . 38–39–40
Your Youth Lasts Longer with Nutrition . . . 42–43
In Society . . . 44–45–46