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, Hindi 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 L.L. or the equivalent
Abroad
10 dollars or the equivalent
For official departments and institutions
25 L.L. or the equivalent
Advertisements: arranged directly
with the management
Issue Seven – Thirteenth Year – July 1957
Table of Contents
Page
Why Did Laure Tabet Fail in the Elections . . . the Editor-in-Chief . . . 4
Theatrical Activity in Paris (5) . . . Najla Aqrawi . . . 5–7
His Valiant Mother – A Story . . . Asma Tubi . . . 8–9
The Mother Behind Every Upward Movement . . . Rashad Darghouth . . . 10–11
Women (Maha and Mimi) . . . Nur Salman . . . 12–13
Scenes from the Lebanese Village . . . Nahla Marwa Shuman . . . 14
A Picture Every Month – Come, Let Us Crown Life . . . Emily Nasrallah . . . 15
Pages from the Life of Gibran and Howayek (14) . . . Edvick J. Shayboub . . . 16–17
A Social Series – What Do Rose Ghorayeb and Wadad Cortas Reply? . . . Almas al-Duwayk . . . 18–19
The World of Cinema . . . 20–21
From the Legends – How the Grain of Rice Was Created . . . Omar Abu al-Nasr . . . 22–23
Great Figures of Music – in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries . . . Fadil Abu al-Nasr . . . 24–25
A Look at the Jubrail Center (A Reportage) . . . Huda Butrus . . . 26–27
Nutrition (3): Protein . . . Nuha Salman . . . 28
The Swallow's Song – Poetry . . . Niqula Kurban . . . 29
The World's Most Famous Operas – La Gioconda . . . Samir Shikhani . . . 30–32
The Memoirs of the Duchess of Windsor (12) . . . Emily Nasrallah . . . 33–35
Literary Activity . . . 36
In Society . . . 37–42
Kitchen Matters . . . Alis A. Ashqar . . . 43
World Events in a Month . . . Ziyadeh Awwad . . . 44
