and around it. But what dismayed me is the neglect of the Lebanese village, and the desertion of its sons, who turn from it to Beirut.

— Are you thinking of settling in the mother homeland?

— That is a dream that has courted me throughout my years of exile, and I have worked much to fulfill it. But our roots, which have spread through the soil of the lands of emigration — their fibers being the very sinews of our

children and grandchildren — are what stand in the way.

— How long have you kept company with "The Woman's Voice"? And what are your observations on it?

— I have accompanied "The Woman's Voice" ever since it appeared, and my admiration for it is great. It is the only women's magazine that has stood fast — and, God helping, will go on standing fast — in the wearying field of literary struggle. What

I admire most in it, apart from its delightful literary and women's subjects, is its heed for the spirit of the age in variety and brevity.

— Have you a word of guidance for the woman of Lebanon?

The development that woman has attained in Lebanon leads us to believe in her appreciation of the gravity of her mission, and in her shouldering of the supreme responsibility of creating for us a new generation, sound and healthy.