taken by an elite of poets,
at their head Mr. Youssef al-Khal, who for about a year has not ceased holding meetings and distributing tasks, until at last he has succeeded in bringing his dream into the realm of execution.
Literary circles now await the appearance of the first issue of the magazine "Shi'r," especially as it is the only one of its kind not in Lebanon alone, but in the whole Arab world. We wish our "newborn" colleague the encouragement it deserves...
The art exhibitions held by the Ministry of Education and Fine Arts in Lebanon have become one of our eagerly awaited traditions. The opening of this year's autumn exhibition had been expected at the end of last November, but owing to the present circumstances its date was postponed to December 14.
This autumn's exhibition will be held, as is its custom, in the halls of the UNESCO Palace. The representative of "The Woman's Voice" got in touch with Mr. Fouad Haddad, who supervises the organization of the exhibition, and understood from him that the opening ceremony is expected to be a grand and crowded affair, at which the decorations awarded last year will be pinned on the artists Youssef Howayek, Omar Onsi, Moustafa Farroukh, César Gemayel, and Saliba Douaihy, and new decorations will be conferred on the artists who distinguish themselves this year.
The exhibition will last a month, and important prizes will be distributed, among them the prize of His Excellency President Chamoun, the prize of the First Lady of Lebanon, and the prize of the Ministry of Education. Two famous art critics will visit the exhibition and will be among the panel of judges. Some hundred
artists, Lebanese and resident in Lebanon, are expected to take part in the show...
And so until the next issue, in which "The Woman's Voice" will present an illustrated reportage on the autumn art exhibition
On the afternoon of Friday, November 30 last, this year's art exhibition opened at the Jafet Library of the American University, under the supervision of the university's art department in cooperation with Mr. Camille Aboussouan. It is a branch of the exhibition that UNESCO holds annually in New York.
Whoever follows the artistic movement at the university will notice the eagerness shown by the budding amateur artists in this refined university milieu, thanks to the abundance of discerning artistic elements who meet with the encouragement they need from those in charge.
We hope to see this young artistic renaissance echoed in the autumn exhibition, which will open at the UNESCO Palace in mid-December.
The League of Women's Organizations in Lebanon held its annual meeting in the hall of the Ministry of Education, under the presidency of Mrs. Laure Tabet.
More than sixty representatives of the women's associations attended the meeting. The secretary, Ellen Rihan, read them the minutes of the past sessions, which were ratified unanimously. Then the president, Laure Tabet, set forth the League's work — the resolutions that had been carried
out and those in course of execution — and explained the efforts the League had made on behalf of Egypt in her ordeal: the telegrams of support it had sent to President Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the telegrams of thanks to the kings and presidents of the Arabs and to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The president read the text of the telegram of thanks sent by Gamal Abdel Nasser through the president of the General Arab Women's Union, Miss Ibtihaj Kaddoura.
The League then unanimously resolved to send financial aid to the victims of the aggression, by way of the Arab Women's Union, to the Egyptian Women's Union.
Finally, Zahia Doughan read the appeal of the alumnae of the Makassed charitable schools, calling for donations of woolen sweaters to help the sons of Egypt. The president, Laure Tabet, rose and urged the delegates to answer this call of duty.
In times past, society events were so numerous, crowding one upon another, that the pages set aside for them were too narrow to hold them. Last month, however, they grew scarce to the point of drying up altogether, owing to the grave international circumstances that have left their mark on everything. We hope that social life will return to its former gaiety and cheer with the return of normal life to sister Egypt, and that the specter of war will withdraw from the world's stage — above all from the countries of the Middle East.