Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Amin Maalouf, Khalil Gibran, Elias Abu Shabaki, Ameen Rihani, Emily Nasrallah, Joseph Raya, Ahmad Faris Shidyaq, Estephan El Douaihy, Jean Daoud, Rahbani brothers, Elias Khoury, Michel Chiha, Mikha'il Na'ima, Raymond Khoury, Youakim Moubarac, Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Rashid Al-Daif, May Murr, Simon Awad, Mai Ghoussoub, Butrus al-Bustani, Zena El Khalil, Hanan al-Shaykh, Youssef Howayek, Elia Abu Madi, Youssef Hourany, Salah St ti, Nasif Al-Yaziji, Assia Dagher, Andr e Chedid, Nadia Tueni, Ahmad Reda, Ibrahim Al-Yazigi, Rabih Alameddine, Ghassan Tueni, Mansour Eid, Faouzi Al-Kach, Nahla Chahal, Georges Corm, Amal Saad-Ghorayeb, Michael Karam, Issa Makhlouf, Muhammad Jaber al-Safa, Suhayl Idris, Dania El-Kadi, Jalal Toufic, Carole Ammoun, Habib Sadek. Excerpt: Khalil Gibran (Arabic pronunciation: born Gubran Khalil Gubran, in academic contexts often spelled Jubr n Khal l Jubr n, Jibr n Khal l Jibr n, or Jibr n Xal l Jibr n; Arabic, January 6, 1883 - April 10, 1931) also known as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer. Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon (then part of the Ottoman Mount Lebanon mutasarrifate), as a young man he emigrated with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary career. He is chiefly known in the English speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose. The book sold well despite a cool critical reception, and became extremely popular in the 1960s counterculture. Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu. Gibran was born in the town of Bsharri (in modern day northern Lebanon) to the daughter of a Maronite priest. His mother Kamila was thirty when he was born; his father Khal...
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