Labiba Hashem is a Lebanese feminist writer and journalist active in the first half of the twentieth century. She had a pioneering role in the women's movement and girls' education. In 1906, she published "Fatat Al-Sharq" magazine, which lasted for more than 33 years, becoming the longest-running women's magazine before the 1952 revolution. It was one of the first magazines concerned with women's intellectual production in the Middle East. In it, it demanded the political and social rights of women in the Arab world. It also celebrated female models of liberal artists and writers. The impact of the magazine on Egyptian culture was such that it became a prescribed textbook in basic education. She says about this novel: "This is a novel of love stories, literary in meaning, that I created and presented to the Maronite Ladies Association, of which I am a regular member, with the intention of including whatever proceeds from its proceeds into the income of the association, which took upon itself the education of miserable girls whose families are unable to spend money." They have to go to school, and it will be enough for me to compensate for the effort it costs me."