Table of Contents

Table of Contents

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The Woman's Word .......... The Editor-in-Chief .......... 4
The "Woman's Voice" Forum .......... Afaf Abd al-Baqi .......... 5–7
The Modern French Theater .......... Najla Aqrawi .......... 8–9
The Story of Mothers' Day .......... 10
The Mother's Portrait .......... Widad Ibrahim Matar .......... 11
Ibn al-Haytham .......... Anissa Rawda Najjar .......... 13
Emira Hbous Arslan .......... Evelyn Hitti Kanaan .......... 14–15
The Center for Crippled Children (A Report) .......... 16–18
Znoud el-Sett (A Story) .......... Edvick J. Shayboub .......... 19–22
Forty: A New Beginning .......... 23
The World's Most Famous Operas .......... Translated by Samir Shikhani .......... 24–25
Here Is Spring and Its New Fashions .......... 26–27
The Immortal Magdalene .......... Asma Tubi .......... 28
The Cypress of the Convent (Poetry) .......... Umm Khaldun .......... 29
Ribbons, the Latest Fashion .......... 30
A Picture Every Month .......... Emily Nasrallah .......... 31
In the Modern Kitchen .......... 34
The Child's Corner .......... 36–37
The World of the Cinema .......... 38–39
Society News .......... 40–48
World Events in a Month .......... Claire Shoucair Adam .......... 49

The Cover Picture

The bride of the month, Ilham Abdul-Fattah Mikati, whose marriage contract to the engineer Rabah al-Husseini was concluded on the first of last April. See In Society, page 44.