In the last days of July past, Her Majesty Queen Fatima al-Senussi, Queen of Libya, visited Lebanon on her way from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after performing the duty of the pilgrimage...
She was accompanied by a large retinue and two royal airplanes... She spent two days at the "Hôtel La Roc" in Bhamdoun... during which the Lebanese government placed six automobiles at her disposal; and so Her Majesty toured for a whole day among the Lebanese summer resorts, and took a lunch of "raw kibbeh" on the banks of the Bardouni in Zahle. She said that she admired the renaissance of the Lebanese woman and her effective contribution in the field of culture and progress; the cleanliness of the Lebanese children also caught her eye, testifying to the advancement of upbringing in this country... And her admiration for Lebanon, which she was visiting for the first time, was no less than her admiration for any advanced European country...
It is worth mentioning that Her Majesty possesses great elegance, gentleness of disposition, and the utmost graciousness; she might well be described as the "democratic" Queen—and this is what has endeared her to the hearts of her subjects... She has promised to visit Lebanon for a longer stay... for the hospitality and warm welcome she found here...
Just published:
Peter Zenger
The story of the struggle for the freedom of the press.
A publication of "Dar al-Kitab"
This fresh young life we lost last month—the late Rashad Azar. Was it death that snatched him away treacherously from a faithful wife and three fledglings, or was it the great heart laying down its arms in the battle—in the stubborn struggle against the current with which most people drift?
In losing the former deputy Rashad Azar, Lebanon has lost one of its lofty pillars, and a bold tongue that never swerved from its principle and its creed. For the sake of that principle and that creed he burned up his strength and sacrificed his soul
—the most precious thing a human
being possesses—and thereby he has earned immortality.
In losing Rashad Azar, Lebanon has lost a resounding voice of opposition, standing watch against anyone whose soul and conscience tempted him to depart from truth and rectitude. With his passing, a beloved face has vanished from thousands of brothers and friends, Lebanese and Arab...
Abundant mercy upon his soul, and beautiful patience for his bereaved wife and his kin.
Death is the end of every living thing. People accept it, great and small among them, rich and poor, with the submission of weak man, whose power is limited... Death wounds grievously and burns with pain, and it is most painful of all when it strikes youth in full bloom, like one who cuts down a fresh rose at the very height of its opening.
The rose cut down from our gardens on the fifth of last month was the late Blanche Abboud, wife of Mr. Sami Mufarrij. She passed away after a grave illness against which the outlay of the widest medical resources, and the tenderest solicitude of the whole company of family and friends, were of no avail.
The Woman's Voice, grieved to the heart by this affliction that has befallen one of our friends, extends its deepest condolences to Mr. Sami Mufarrij and his brothers, asking solace for their hearts and, for the departed, the paradise of bliss.