her again in Beirut in 1907, director of the Saint George Hospital for four years, after which she moved to her private clinic, where she examines patients and prescribes treatments to this very day... Her activity extended beyond Lebanon; she was summoned to Egypt, Syria, and Iraq... and to this day patients come to her from the Arab countries...

In the social field as well: Alongside her work in the clinic, Dr. Anis Barakat gave her attention to medical congresses and took part in a number of societies, among them: the "Physicians and Pharmacists" Society, the "Lebanese Medical" Society, the "Lebanese Order of Physicians," and "Combating Tuberculosis"; she was also a member of the Syrian Scientific Academy, the Red Crescent, and the International Academy at San Lan... Here she is, throughout the first half of this century, speaking at congresses and writing in the press on scientific and social affairs... No wonder, then, that the American University of Beirut adopted her and counts her among its graduates!

What happiness reigns over the couple?!

The "Truthfulness" society: ... It was she who conceived the idea of founding "Truthfulness" societies in girls' schools, to urge the girls toward uprightness and honesty — a girl's first capital. She donated the prizes for each of the schools: "Nur al-Hayat," the "Greek Orthodox school," and the "Three Moons" in Beirut, and "al-Sirat" in Aley. Of this last it is told that the girls who won the "Truthfulness" prizes were quickest of all to find "bridegrooms"!!... Here too Dr. Anis had merit — and what merit!...

She pushed her sister to study pharmacy: The flame of her enthusiasm went so far that she spurred her sister Zahiyya Barakat to study pharmacy in the United States, and she returned in 1928 with a diploma in pharmacy and analysis, and with practical experience from the two Americas, to open in Lebanon two pharmacies still standing today — one in Beirut and one in Dhour el-Choueir... A second pioneer for woman, then, Zahiyya Barakat, enlightened by her sister's guidance and drawing on her strength...

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The story of her marriage: They met in 1907, as the two speakers at a gathering of the "Shams al-Birr" society.

Her subject was "Electricity and Medicine," and his was "I Have No Endurance"... After the gathering she congratulated him on the strength of his vocal cords, while he was directing his sight — and his insight — to something farther and deeper than her cheeks rich with color, her blond head, and her confident womanliness — many qualities that drew the elegant young man Jirji Niqula Baz to the proud doctor, great of soul, far removed from any love of show... He began inventing reasons to be in touch with her: he belonged to the "Combating Tuberculosis" society, and she supplied them from Saint George Hospital with a nurse to treat the sick in their homes... Their acquaintance opened out, day by day, into understanding and affection, and at last they were married in 1915...

Among the charming things told of them is that they filled the period of their engagement with translating