The Woman's Voice

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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Subscription

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: arranged by agreement

directly with the management

Issue One – Fourteenth Year – January 1958

Table of Contents
Page
Christmas and the New Year . . . the Editor-in-Chief . . . 3
Toward a Scientific Renaissance in Lebanon . . . Dr. Salwa Nassar . . 5–6
Her Highness Princess Badriya Al Sabah in Lebanon . . . 7–8
Layla Baalbaki Asks a Select Group of Our Ladies . . . 9–11
Story of the Month – It Happened at Christmas . . . translated by Asma Tubi . . 12–14
I Was Born in a Shoe of Snow . . . adapted . . . 15
Short Story – Birth . . . Emily Nasrallah . . 16–17
Princess Aisha, Daughter of the King of Morocco . . . Edvick Jureidini Shayboub . . 18–20
Gifts of the Feast (verse) . . . Elia Abu Madi . . 21
Give Her a Pattern . . . translated by Samira Azzam . . 22–23
Choose a Parisian Hairstyle for the Holidays . . . 24–25
Fashions for the City's Holiday Lights . . . 26–29
The World of Cinema . . . 30–31
Youth Today... Men Tomorrow . . . Michel Chami . . . 32–33
Memoirs of the Duchess of Windsor (18) . . . Emily Abi Rashed Nasrallah . . 34–36
In Society . . . 46–51
World Events in a Month . . . Ziyadeh Awwad . . . 53–54
January 1958