The Essential Gibran

by Suheil Bushrui

To commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the passing of Kahlil Gibran, Oneworld Publications and the Kahlil Gibran Research and Studies Project at the University of Maryland announce the publication of The Essential Gibran, a volume of selected passages representative of Gibran's style and thought. The collection includes selections from his Arabic works, English works, letters, and selected criticism of his artwork as well as his writings.

Genres: Poetry

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Suheil Bushrui is the foremost translator and interpreter of Anglo-Irish literature in the Arab world, and has published critical studies in Arabic and English on W. B. Yeats, John Millington Synge, James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. He was the first Arab national to be appointed to the Chair of English and Anglo-Irish Literature at the American University of Beirut, and has also served as Chairman of the International Association for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature (ISAIL). He is currently the Baha'i Chair for World Peace in the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM) at the University of Maryland.

Reviews

[areebah · Rating 5 out of 5]

The fact i wanted to highlight every single page in this collection tells you everything you need to know about my love for Gibran. He speaks to my soul <3

[Miriam Ighanian]

❤️❤️❤️❤️
«I always get a shadow of a shadow of the thing I want»

[Elena Ighanian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastisk

[Ambia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful people write even beautiful letters. His artistry was in everything he did.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed everything but the letters. Some of them were good, you got to see more of how he thought but I found it dragged a bit. The poems were inspirational and emotional. I love his wording.