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, the Hindi Building
(opposite the Capuchin Church)
P.O. Box 1284 — Beirut
Telephone: 25102
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Issue Six — Thirteenth Year — June 1957
Table of Contents
Page
Toward Ideal Elections ........... The Editor-in-Chief 4
Theatrical Activity in Paris (4) ...... Najla Aqrawi 5–7
What's Happening in Egypt's Literary Salons ...... Majida Attar 8–9
Liberated Thoughts — "I Search for a Word" ...... Layla Baalbaki 10–11
A Page from the Life of Gibran and Howayek (13) ...... Edvick J. Shayboub 12–14
The Runaway (a story) ...... Aref al-Khoury 15–17
Dr. von Müller Visits the Arab Countries — The Editorial Staff 18–19
The Childhood of Music in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance — Fadil Abu al-Nasr 20–21
National Industry Week ...... Jinan Jaroudi 22–23
Is Insanity Hereditary? ...... translated by Frida Haddad 24–25
At the Baalbek Festivals This Summer 26–27
A Picture Every Month — Return to the Countryside ...... Emily Nasrallah 28
The Memoirs of the Duchess of Windsor (11) 29–30
The Education Corner — I Am Not a Success... But! — Nahla Marwa Shuman 32–33
The World's Most Famous Operas — The Traveling Players — Samir Shikhani 34–36
Nutrition (2): Carbohydrates ...... Nuha Salman 37
How to Steer a Man as You Please ...... Arabized by Nihad Layyan 38–39
In Society 41–45
World Events in a Month ...... Ziyadeh Awwad 46
The Cover Picture: The stage actress Barbara Jefford of the English "Old Vic" company, who will play the part of Portia, the heroine of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," which will be performed at the Baalbek Festivals this summer.
