neck death closed its grip after a quarter of a century spent in her bed in a wrestling
with death; she is the first woman of our nation to give the modern world the decisive proof that woman in Syria is still a member of society enjoying her full rights.
A quarter century of pain Julia Tu'mah passed in her bed, between pen and book.
A quarter century of the agonies of a grievous illness Julia Tu'mah spent in her bed—guiding a society, building up a home, and watching over the raising of a family.
And so, just as she lived in silence, Julia Tu'mah died, yesterday, in silence...
And the soil of the homeland, yesterday, silently folded away one of the great women of our nation.
And the newspaper al-Misri said:
When the voice of Julia Tu'mah Dimashqiyah was raised for the first time, calling for the necessity of woman's descent into the arena of work for the sake of her homeland and her people, and setting forth what rights are hers and what duties are upon her, the Arab woman—neither in Lebanon, Julia's homeland, nor in the other lands—had not yet convinced man that his life's companion exists not merely for bearing children and preparing food.
The works of this noble departed in the field of learning, letters, writing, and thought will go on proclaiming her merit... Her name will be inscribed in the register of Lebanese and Arab history beside those working women of the Arabs who preceded her to the world of immortality... And may those she has left behind her—her pupils and her wards in Lebanon—weave upon her pattern... For fate is sparing with women of genius, and Julia
Tu'mah Dimashqiyah was one of them!!
And the newspaper al-Hayat said:
Julia pursued her mission after her marriage to the late Badr Dimashqiyah, gathering around her a select company of the ladies of Lebanon in "the Women's League," whose members used to meet at her house monthly and carry out charitable social works. But the Turks accused the association of political activity and shut it down.
And despite the responsibilities of motherhood, Julia continued her activity, founding in 1921 the magazine al-Mar'a al-Jadida, which was the first Arabic women's magazine of a scholarly
standard rivaling the magazines of the West in that day.
Julia's journalistic gift shone forth, and her magazine gained wide circulation in the Arab countries. Its leading article, published under the heading "To the Daughter of My Country," was among the strongest sections of the magazine; in it she treated, with boldness and ability, the problems of woman among us.
Al-Mar'a al-Jadida lived only six years, for illness made Julia unable to continue her journalistic mission. Yet she never wearied of her social responsibilities: she was the best of mothers and housewives, and from time to time she favored the papers with enlightening articles and letters.
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