A monthly women's magazine published by the Lebanese Women's League
P.O. Box 1284 – Beirut – Lebanon
Responsible Director:
Heneni Tarcha
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Editor-in-Chief:
Edvick Jureidini Shayboub
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Publishers
Dar al-Kitab
Hamra Street, Ghabrash Building
(opposite the Capuchin Church)
P.O. Box 1284 – Beirut
Telephone: 25102
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Subscription
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 by agreement
directly with the management
Issue Seven – Twelfth Year – July 1956
Table of Contents
Page
The Woman's Word – On the Legalization of Gambling in Lebanon . . . Editor-in-Chief . . . 2
From My Notebook – A New Paper . . . Rose Ghorayeb . . . 8
Pages from the Life of Gibran and Howayek in Paris – 2 . . . E. J. Shayboub . . . 4–5
They Answer... on Women's Affairs (A Reportage) . . . 6–8
From Our Heritage – Ibn al-Awwam . . . Dr. Jean Merhej . . . 9
The Modern French Theater – 3 (Giraudoux) . . . Najla Aqrawi . . . 10–11
Personality of the Month . . . 12–13
Flights of Fancy . . . Samira Azzam . . . 14–15
The Canary's Return (The Story of the Issue) . . . Edvick J. Shayboub . . . 16–17
A Short Tale in Breaths . . . Jihan Gazawi Aony . . . 18
The World's Most Famous Operas . . . translated by Samir Shikhani . . . 19–22
For Your Beauty . . . 23
The White Dream... Comes True This Summer! (Illustrated) . . . 24–25
A Tailor Starts a Revolution? . . . 26–27
The Child's Sleep Problem . . . Nadidah Mardini . . . 28–29
Poetry . . . 30–31
“Frances Sumner”: A Woman in the Police Department! (Illustrated) . . . 32–33
A Picture Every Month – The Old Beggar Woman... . . . Emily Nasrallah . . . 34
Elinor Qamar Visits Europe . . . 35
With the Indian Leader: Kala Devi Chattopadhyay . . . Majida Attar . . . 36–37
The Man with the Commanding Hand! . . . Hibah al-Wadi . . . 38–39
My Observations on Aden . . . Clemence Sayegh . . . 40–41
Society News . . . 44–47
World Events in a Month . . . Ziyadeh Awwad . . . 48
