In Damascus, the modernist Nur al-Fayha association and its magazine under Nazik al-Abid played an important pioneer role in feminist organization in 1919-1920, although it did not last.
It was founded by a group of several pioneering feminists: among them Nour Hamada, Adila Bayhum and Nazik al-Abid.
The purpose of the Union was to function as an umbrella organisation, uniting the women's groups of Lebanon and Syria.
The Union was a political organisation and hosted conferences and gave speeches and lectures on women's rights.
It attended the 11th Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in 1929, and hosted the First Eastern Women's Congress in 1930.