A Lebanese monthly magazine published by
the Lebanese Women's League
P.O. Box 1284 — Beirut — Lebanon
Responsible Director:
Hanineh Tousha
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Editor-in-Chief:
Edvick Jureidini Shayboub
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Publishers
Dar al-Kitab
Hamra Street, the Ghabrash Building
(opposite the Capuchin church)
P.O. Box 1284 — Beirut
Telephone: 25102
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Subscriptions
In Lebanon, Syria, and the Arab world
15 Lebanese lira or the equivalent
Abroad
10 dollars or the equivalent
For official departments and institutions
25 Lebanese lira or the equivalent
Advertisements: to be arranged
directly with the management
Issue Ten — Twelfth Year — October 1956
Table of Contents
Page
Jihan Gazawi Aony ......... the Editor-in-Chief 2
Letters from Jihan ......... Samira Azzam 3–5
A Short Story in Breaths ......... Jihan Gazawi Aony 6–7
A Page from the Life of Gibran and Howayek ......... Edvick J. Shayboub 8–9
From My Notebook ......... Rose Ghorayeb 10
I Was in Moscow ......... Nur Salman 11–13
The Damascus International Fair ......... (The Editors) 14–16
We and the Automobile ......... Eva Badr Malik 17–18
Memoirs of a Heart (A Story) ......... Malihah Zaydan 19–21
The World's Most Famous Operas ......... translated by Samir Shikhani 22–25
Medicine in the Hands of Artists ......... 26–27
A Picture Every Month ......... Emily Nasrallah 28
How Does Ernest Hemingway Live? ......... 29
The World of the Cinema ......... 30–31
The Memoirs of the Duchess of Windsor ......... 32–34
Return to the Baalbek Festival ......... The Editors 35–37
Selections from Western Women's Poetry ......... Hibah al-Wadi 38–39
From Our Heritage ......... Abdullah Hashimeh 41–42
Society News ......... 44–47
The Kitchen ......... 48
World Events in a Month ......... Ziyadeh Awwad 50–51