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

Editor-in-Chief:

Edvick Jureidini Shayboub

Publishers

Dar al-Kitab

Daouk Station, Phoenicia Street

The Saab Building

P.O. Box 1284 — Beirut

Telephone: 25102

Subscriptions

In Lebanon, Syria, and the Arab world

15 L.L. or the equivalent

Abroad

10 dollars or the equivalent

For official departments and institutions

25 L.L. or the equivalent

Advertisements: to be arranged directly with the management

The Woman's Word .... Editor-in-Chief .... 3
The Woman's Voice Asks .... Eva Malik .... 5-6
Dr. Anis Barakat Baz .... Edvick Jureidini Shayboub .... 7-9
The Youth of a Woman of Letters .... Jirji Niqula Baz .... 10-11
Shadows (A Story) .... Noura Nowayhed Halawani .... 12-15
Jordan (Poetry) .... Umm Khaldun .... 15
Europe: I Loved Her .... Nur Salman .... 16-17
The Shadow of a Mistake (A Story) .... Rendered into Arabic by Samir Shikhani .... 18-21
A Glass of Juice .... Nur Salman .... 22
Tell Me, What Sort of Creature Are You? .... Yaacoub Hourani .... 23
Don't Shock the Child .... Salim Najim .... 24-25
From This Autumn's Fashions .... 26-27
Schumann and Clara Wieck .... Unsi Louis al-Hajj .... 28-30
You Can Be Enchanting .... Huda Tali .... 31
Thoughts Renewed .... Layla Abu Dahir .... 32-33
Yes, You Can Double Your Mental Powers .... Amirah Tawfiq al-Jammal .... 34-35
An Hour in a Library .... Hibah al-Wadi .... 36
A Little Girl (A Serialized Story) .... Nabiha Lotfy .... 38-39
If You Ask Me, I Will Answer You .... Almas al-Duwayk .... 40-41
The Cover Picture:
• The bride of the month, Angélique Nammour, ward of Mr. Shukri Shas, one of the owners of the Contracting and Trade Company.
• She was married on Sunday afternoon, September 18 last, to the engineer Mr. Antoine Kazan, at the Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Achrafieh.
• The wedding ceremony took place in an atmosphere of white lilies... followed by a splendid reception at the Gardenia hall, gathering hundreds of personalities, official and civilian.
• The bride and groom are spending their honeymoon in Europe.
• The Woman's Voice extends its warmest congratulations and good wishes to the two young newlyweds and to their honored families — and especially to the bride's parents, Olga and Shukri Shas.
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