The Lebanese Cénacle

With the start of last November the "Lebanese Cénacle" returned to its activity after the summer rest, and its founder, Mr. Michel Asmar, announced the general program of the new season, striving to bring together the chosen elite of specialists in the two fields of science and letters.

The Cénacle's series for this year are: "Science in Its New Reach," "Culture and Interaction," "Lebanon's Resources in Its Present and Future," "Views on Arabic Literature," and "Mr. René Habachi's Philosophical Lectures."

Mr. Fouad Ammoun opened them, speaking on "Lebanese Foreign Policy"; in the second week Mr. Fouad Haddad spoke on "Salah Labaki in the Heart of His Life and His Letters"; then Mr. Wadih Deeb on "Arabic Literature in the American Mahjar"; then Mr. Jawad Boulos on "The Geographical Foundations of Contemporary Lebanon."

As for December's lectures, they are as follows:

1 — On December 5, Dr. Marcel Abu Sawan speaks: A New Medicine... ("and cure me with the very thing that was the disease").

2 — On December 12, Dr. Salwa Nassar speaks: "Atomic Energy": the aspects of its use and its effect on society.

3 — On December 19, Mr. Salim Lahoud speaks on "The Litani Project": its political, economic, and technical aspects.

4 — Thursday, December 1 — Mr. René Habachi presents the first installment on Simone de Beauvoir and The Second Sex, speaking on "Man in the Dock."

5 — And Thursday, December 15 — Mr. Habachi takes up the second installment of this study, namely: "Woman: A Sound Self, A Shattered Existence."