With the Caravan of Our Emigrant Brothers

The Woman's Voice presents to its readers in this issue two noble faces in the majesty of ripe, wise old age... The first, Fadlo Hourani of England; the second, Tawfiq Abou Jamra of Brazil... They met this summer on the soil of the homeland.

1 — Fadlo Hourani: He has been in Manchester for sixty-four years. In trade he found great fortune, but his eye remained on his homeland, visiting it from time to time and sharing his blessings with it, with a tender heart and an open hand...

Lebanon owes him many favors, chief among them his founding of the "Marjayoun National College" in 1946, which is still the first wellspring for the young people of the neighboring districts. He watches over it with a vigilant eye and lavishes gifts upon it, so that it never ceases to grow... And should resources run short, he betakes himself in person to the United States to gather donations from Marjayoun's many men of wealth, lest the great educational project suffer any harm or delay...

Fadlo Hourani is a great and noble man; no wonder that Lebanon chose him as its honorary consul in Manchester...

2 — Tawfiq Abou Jamra: He has been in Brazil for fifty years. He returned to his mother country for the first time this summer and stayed four and a half months — he is another man of wealth, and a graceful talker. He tells us how much he has loved Lebanon, the stage of his distant childhood... it is truly splendid... Yet he will not return to it for good, because in Brazil he has known honor and respect — who will guarantee him that here among us??

He talks at length about the Lebanese's high standing in the hearts of the Brazilians. He is upright, honest, and hardworking... He has founded lasting, deep-rooted friendships... The Lebanese has imposed himself forcefully upon the government and upon society, because his capital is exemplary and clear in its foundations... Whoever says that the Lebanese emigrant in Brazil is lukewarm toward his homeland and toward his country's problems is mistaken... And it is no exaggeration to say that the patriotic spirit burns hotter there than it does here...

And Mr. Tawfiq Abou Jamra has a generous hand for the projects that, in his view, deserve support... Besides his many donations he singled out the Lebanese Women's League with five hundred Lebanese liras — "God grant him long life!" cheer the little kindergarten children...