Labiba Hashim

[2] Today, many researchers are working to collect information about Hashim in order to preserve her heritage and legacy .

She also left behind Fatat Al Sharq magazine, that affected the works and activities of women for many years.

The poet Al Arz Chebli el Mallat talked about her, saying that nothing is more important than words that speak the truth, not even the beauty of Shirine, or the throne of the Queen Balkis.

[7] In 1904, Labiba Hashim published the novel Qalb al-rejul (A Man's Heart) a romantic tale featuring an Egyptian girl of Syrian heritage.

[11] In 1921, after King Faisal left Syria following the Battle of Maysalun, she went back to Egypt and then traveled to Chile, South America.

[12] In the next year, Labiba returned to Egypt to resume her work as the translator, author, distribution manager, and editor-in-chief of her first magazine Fatat al-Sharq.

She also published Kitab al-Tarbiya (The Book of Education) that includes her lectures in Egypt, Beirut, Zahle, Bhamdoun, and Damascus.

[3] The magazine addresses social, historical, moral, artistic, sports and educational topics, publishing 28 volumes till 1939.

[6] Fatat Al Sharq was supervised by Michel Tahan, and was released for the first time on October 15, 1906, in the middle of every month, except in August and September.

[15] In the introduction to the first issue, Labiba stated the reason for the publishing of the magazine,[16] because she valued the importance of the press in any society.

Her magazine's goal was to elevate women's awareness and knowledge whether it was in literature or basic life lessons for housework.

[14] Hashim's main goal was to make women more present in the press and support their role in the society.

And in the ninth issue of the twenty-second year, Hashim affirmed that she added new pages and new sections that push her to work more.

[22] Many notable authors and historians, highly valued Labiba Hashim's magazine Fatat Al-Sharq and its mission to support and give women their right to be heard.