Vol. 2 No. 2 of الفنون, Al-Funun, was published in July 1916. It contains essays by Ameen Rihani and Kahlil Gibran.The issue contains a contribution of Nasib Arida’s novella, Qissat Dik al-Jinn al-Himsi. It also continues serialization of Ameen Rihani’s novella Zanbaqat al-Ghawr [The Lily of the Valley]. Translated authors in this issue include:  French poet and novelist Anatole France; French woman novelist Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert; and Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-born world-traveler and translator of Japanese folklore. The issue also contains a number of poems by unknown authors.