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In 1928 Gibran published his longest book, Jesus, the Son of Man: His Words and His Deeds as Told and Recorded by Those Who Knew Him.Jesus had appeared in Gibran’s writings and art in various forms; he told Mary Haskell that he had recurring dreams of Jesus and mentioned wanting to write a life of Jesus in a 1909 letter to her. The book was written in a little over a year in 1926-1927. Haskell edited the manuscript. Seventy-eight people who knew Jesus—some real, some imaginary; some sympathetic, others hostile—tell of him from their own points of view. Anna is puzzled by the worship of the Magi. An orator is impressed by Jesus’ rhetoric. A merchant sees the parable of the talents as the essence of commerce and cannot understand why Jesus’ followers insist that he is a god. Pontius Pilate discusses the political factors leading to his decision to execute Jesus. Barabbas is tormented by the knowledge that he is alive only because Jesus died in his place. It was the most lavishly produced of Gibran’s books, with some of the illustrations in color. For once, the reviews were strongly and uniformly favorable, and the book has remained the most popular of his works next to The Prophet.

Tags: 1928, GibrankhalilGibran, JesusSonofMan, kahlilgibran

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Exhibition: Forty Wash-Drawings by Kahlil Gibran [Catalogue], New York: M. Knoedler & Co., January 29-February 10, 1917.

Tags: 1917, Exhibiton, FortyWashDrawings, GibrankhalilGibran, kahlilgibran, M.Knoedler&Co

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Exhibition: Pictures by Kahlil Gibran [Catalogue], New York: Montross Gallery, December 14-30, 1914.

Tags: 1914, Exhibiton, Gallery, GibrankhalilGibran, kahlilgibran, montross

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Exhibition of Drawings [Catalogue], New York: M. Knoedler & Co., February 19-March 3, 1917.

Tags: 1917, Drawings, Exhibiton, GibrankhalilGibran, kahlilgibran, M.Knoedler&Co

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Foreign and American Painters [Catalogue], New York: M. Knoedler & Co., November 27-December 16, 1916.

Tags: Drawings, Exhibiton, kahlilgibran, M.Knoedler&Co

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Autumn Exhibition [Catalogue], Season 1915-1916, New York: Montross Gallery, October 2-23, 1915.

Tags: 1915, Catalogue, Exhibiton, Gallery, kahlilgibran, montross, NewYork

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Rasaʼil Jubran [Letters of Kahlil Gibran], Introduction by Jamil Jabr, Beirut: Manshurat Maktabat Bayrut, 1951.

Tags: 1951, GibrankhalilGibran, Kahlil, kahlilgibran, Letters, Rasa'ilJubran

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At his death Gibran was working on The Garden of the Prophet (1933), which was to be the second volume in a trilogy begun by The Prophet. It is the story of Almustafa’s return to his native island and deals with humanity’s relationship with nature. Of the third volume, “The Death of the Prophet,” only one sentence was written: “And he shall return to the City of Orphalese . . . and they shall stone him in the market-place, even unto death; and he shall call every stone a blessed name.”

Tags: 1933, garden, GibrankhalilGibran, kahlilgibran, TheProphet

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An-Nashi’a (The New Generation) was a comprehensive monthly literary magazine dedicated to the advancement of scientific and cultural life in post-World War I Iraq. After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in that war, Iraq was placed under a League of Nations mandate administered by the British. In 1921, a monarchy was established, and the country went on to gain independence from Britain in 1932. An-Nashi’a was founded at the beginning of the monarchy, and its first editorial declared that the new publication was a response to the needs of the new nation. Only three issues (called parts) appeared before An-Nashi’a ceased publication. The magazine was owned by Ibrahim Salih; its editor-in-chief was Hassan al-Bayati. Each issue started with long essays on a wide range of issues covering literature, science, arts, philosophy, history, new discoveries, lifestyle, and other news and anecdotes from around the world, especially from America. Examples of topics covered included the value of learning; sea life, minerals, and other resources; poets and poems; lessons from history, which cited Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar; sports, and particularly how American newspapers dedicated many pages on a daily basis to news about sports; the “don’ts” of social etiquette; and “immortal words,” a collection of wisdom attributed to figures from around the world, including George Washington. Overall, the magazine had a progressive and worldly air, although it remained anchored in Arabic culture. The last page was typically “from management” and was dedicated to correcting typographical errors, with apologies to the readers. In addition to the owner and the editor-in-chief, contributing writers included some of the leading pan-Arab intellectuals at that time, such as Iraqi Kurdish poet and philosopher Jamīl Ṣidqi Zahawi, Egyptian writer and essayist Mustafa Lutfi Manfaluti, Turkish-Egyptian poet Waliy ud-Deen Yakun, and Lebanese-American writer and artist Kahlil Gibran.

Tags: 1922, An-Nashi'a, GibrankhalilGibran, kahlilgibran, Ru'ya

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Kahlil Gibran: A Self-Portrait, Translated from the Arabic and Edited by Anthony R. Ferris, New York: The Citadel Press, 1959.

Tags: 1959, anthonyRFerris, aselfportriat, GibrankhalilGibran, kahlilgibran

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Tears and Laughter, Translated from the Arabic by Anthony R. Ferris, Edited by Martin L. Wolf, New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.

Tags: 1947, AnothonyRFerris, GibrankhalilGibran, kahlilgibran, MartinLWolf, tearsandlaughter

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Mayy Ziyadah, Rasaʼil Mayy [Letters of Mayy Ziyadah to various recipients, including Kahlil Gibran], Beirut: Dar Bayrut, 1954.

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Percy MacKaye, Saint Louis: A Civic Masque, Frontispiece Portrait of Percy MacKaye by Kahlil Gibran, New York: Doubleday Press, 1920.

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Carl Gad, Johan Bojer: The Man and His Works, Frontispiece Portrait of Johan Bojer by Kahlil Gibran, New York: Moffatt, Yard and Company, 1920.

Tags: 1920, CarlGad, JohanBojer, kahlilgibran

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The Secrets of the Heart: Selected Works, Translated from the Arabic by Anthony R. Ferris, Edited by Martin Wolf, New York-Bombay: Philosophical Library-Jaico, 1947.

Tags: 1947, anthonyRFerris, kahlilgibran, SecretsofTheHeart

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Mikhaʼil Nuʻaymah [Mikhail Naimy], Jubran Khalil Jubran: hayatuhu, mawtuhu, adabuhu, fannuhu [Kahlil Gibran: His Life, Death, Literature and Art], Bayrut: Matbaʻat Lisan al-Hal, 1934.

Tags: 1934, HIslifeDeathLiteratureandArt, JubranKhalilJubran, kahlilgibran, MikhailNaimy

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Salma Sa'igh, Suwar wa-dhikrayat [Images and Memories], Sao Paolo, Brazil, 1946 [digitized by the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA].

Tags: 1946, ImagesandMemories, JubranKhalilJubran, kahlilgibran, SalmaSaigh

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Rasa’il Jubran at-ta’ihah [The Lost Letters of Kahlil Gibran], Edited by Riad Hunayn, Beirut: Mu'assasat Nawfal, 1983.

Tags: 1983, kahlilgibran, Letters

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Ruju' al-Habib [The Return of the Beloved], Ayyuha al-Fan [An Ode to the Art], Az-Zouhour, 1, 4, June 1910, pp. 141-145; 1, 5, July 1910, pp. 193-195.

The monthly journal Az-Zouhour ("Flowers") was published in Cairo from 1910 until 1913. Altogether, 40 issues exist. The editor Antoun J. Gemayel (1887-1948) did already participate in the publication of the Beirutian newspaper al-Bashir (1870-1947) and the Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram (1875-today). Literature and art were the main focus whereat the journal mainly tried to support young authors and to improve the relationship between arab writers from different regions. In addition Az-Zouhour wanted to keep the balance between European and contemporary Arabic literature like some other later popular journals. Beside literary criticism, book reviews and news about the literary life in Egypt, the authors stand up for the establishment and enhancement of the egyptian theatre. Az-Zouhour was the first journal to publish in its series a play of Shakespeare, Julius Caesar. Until the cut-off in 1913 the journal organized numerous writing competitions which helped to achieve more popularity. Eventually Az-Zouhour was able to add a significant contribution to the Egyptian literary life.

Tags: 1910, Az-Azouhour, Flower, JubranKhalilJubran, kahlilgibran, ThereturnoofTheBeloved

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Youth and Age, The Syrian World, 1, 6, December 1926, 3–5 [digitized by the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA].

Tags: 1926, JubranKhalilJubran, kahlilgibran, TheSyrianWorld, youthandage