Fairuz sang to the nightingale... to the river... to the threshing floor... to the sun... to the lily... to the breezes... and she sang to the heart...

And after her, existence was a song whose melody was made complete on the day her hand sank into the hand of Assi Rahbani, the two walking together toward the great harbor, heading for a mission they had already begun... artistic, human production. The church and its gardens were filled with baskets of roses and carnations, and with the friends, dear ones, and admir-ers who all came to be happy with the two young people... Assi strutting in his elegant black suit, and Fairuz glorying in her gown of magnificent white lace,

The bride and groom, Fairuz and Assi Rahbani, at the moment of receiving the blessing...

over which the bride's friend, the famous dressmaker Madame Salha, kept vigil for nights until it came out a superb piece, in perfect harmony with Fairuz's personality.

In her eyes there was a soaring release; and the two could hardly believe the ceremonies of receiving congratulations were over before they were on their way, alone, to Chtaura, to spend the first days of honey there.

They are now preparing to travel to Cairo in the company of Mansour — the Rahbani brother — to record some major works for the Egyptian radio. The congratu-lations of The Woman's Voice to the two young newlyweds: a flood of happiness and love beyond the compass of two arms. Good — all good — to them, and beautiful production for us!!

• And at last our friend Mr. Nabil Khoury, assistant director of the "Voice of America" broadcasting station in Beirut, having wearied of bachelor life, has resolved to forsake it and join his better half: his engagement took place in the course of last month to the comely Miss Marcelle Chalhoub of Cairo. It has reached our ears that our generous colleague will not have long to wait for the crowning of the festivities. Will he, we wonder, beat the spring to it??

• With this sketch-map, friends were given notice of the marriage of Miss Nahla Marwa to the agricultural engineer Mr. Hassan Shouman on December 5, 1954... all of it without any fuss.

We congratulate our friend Nahla on this novel manner of announce-