The Syrian World Vol. 04 no. 06

Vol. 4 no. 06 of The Syrian World published February 1930. Dr. Fuad Shatara opens the issue with an appreciative account of the Arab physician Ar-Razi, this article highlights the achievements of Arabs in medicine through the biography of Ar-Razi even as a far back as a thousand years. Following a short poem about mortality by Dr. Salim Y. Alkazin, Ameen Rihani is included in this issue for more on his travels through Arabia. This time Rihani covers his rare experiences while in Jeddah, and a particularly interesting conversation had with King Hussein. Najla Sabe's song, Raja F. Howrani's translated treatise The Old Criminal, and R. A. Nicholson's poem Tears proceed another portion of Salloum Mokarzel's travels in Lebanon. In this issue he covers the distance from the Dog River to the Cedars. Finally Labeebee A. J. Hanna contributes an original short story that discusses a phase of Syrian life in America, followed by one of her poems titled To My Father. This issue concludes with excerpts from the Arab press, and more on the political developments in Syria.

Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

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