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