I’ve never really read any Khalid Jibran but I’d heard about one of his books called “The Prophet” so I bought (it’s a cute little tiny book).
I really enjoyed it. I thought it was sooo beautiful :). I never really realized what a great writer Jibran was. I’d seen books (translated to Urdu) that my Dad read every now and then but I never cared much for it. Yea so now that I’ve actually read some of it I’m looking to read more so if anyone knows any more of his best works let me know. =)
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A bit depressing for a kid like you phati..you do know he is Arab right :p
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Yea I think he's Lebanese? And he's Christian? My Dad told me.
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Khalid Jibran is fake, his poetry is specifically tailored for kiddos...
Khalil Jibran's is the real stuff, deep and meaninful and for grown ups of course :p
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what? I always thought they were the same person 
p.s. SUGARBOOOGGERRRRR!! 
Report to the Cafe IMMEDIATELY!!! 
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I think his name is Khalil Jibran.
I would rather watch Sesame Street than go to Cafe 
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oh lol omg…I just looked at the book cover and the guy’s name is KHALIL Jibran …not Khalid…oops. I always thought it was Khalid.
P.S. You might as well because I saw you there once
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x 2 at “Khalid” Jibran… such an insult to the legend and amazing literary whose works have been translated into 40 languages… and he’s been quoted by many in the West.
I’ve personally been fascinated by the enigma of Gibran since for a very long time! hence my signature
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oops i missed the typo lol..i find his stuff depressing personally..although i loved pity the nation.
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i read one of his books THE BROKEN WINGS . when i was ure age .. but that really did not attract me much at that time .
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Lebanese-American philosophical essayist, novelist, mystical poet, and artist. In the 1960s Gibran's works influenced especially American popular culture. He also illustrated a number of his books with his own drawings. Gibran believed that if a sensible way of living and thinking could be found, people would have mastery over their lives.**"The human heart cries out for help; the human soul implores us for deliverance; but we do not heed their cries, for we neither hear nor understand. But the man who hears and understands we call mad, and flee from him." **Khalil Gibran was born in Bechari (Bsharri), Lebanon, a mountain village of Maronite Christians. A talented child, he was modelling, drawing, and writing at an early age. Gibran's mother took her children to the United States, but their father remained in Lebanon. The family settled first in Boston, then in New York. Gibran returned to Lebanon in 1897 for two years to study Arabic literature in Beirut at al-Hikma College. Gibran's artistic talents was recognized early and he was introduced to F. Holland Day, a photographer, who tutored him in art and literature. Through Day Gibran was given entrée to Boston society, where he acquired valuable contacts. Gibran's mother died when he was 20. His sister supported him while he established himself as a writer and painter. Gibran's most ardent benefactress was Mary Haskell, the headmistress of a progressive girl's school in Cambridge. She supported her protégé financially for most of his career.
In 1904 Gibran had his first art exhibition in Boston. His first book, AL-MUSIQA (1905) was about music. It was followed by two collections of short stories and a novelette in 1912. From 1908 to 1910 he studied art in Paris with August Rodin. In 1912 he settled in New York, where he devoted himself to writing and painting. Though concerned with the transcendental in his books, the basic subject in Gibran's art was naked human bodies, tenderly intertwined .
Gibran's early works were written in Arabic and are considered central to the development of modern Arabic literature. Gibran also wrote for journals published by the Lebanese and Arab communities in the U.S. From 1918 he wrote mostly in English and managed to revolutionize the language of poetry in the 1920s and 1930s. His first book for the publishing company Alfred Knopf was THE MADMAN (1918), a slim volume of aphorisms and parables written in biblical cadence somewhere between poetry and prose. Usually Gibran used prophetic tone to condemn the evils that torment his homeland or threaten the humankind. His style, a combination of beauty and spirituality, became known as 'Gibranism'.
*"I am a stranger to myself. I hear my tongue speak, but my ears find that voice strange. I may see my hidden self laughing, crying, defiant frightened, and thus does my being become enamored of my being and thus my soul begs my soul for explanation. But I remain unknown, hidden, shrouded in fog, veiled in silence." *(from 'The Poet')
In 1920 he founded a society for Arab writers called "Aribitah" (the pen bond), and supported the struggle to revolutionize the classically conservative Arabic literature. A very important channel for new ideas was Al Magar, the first New York Arabic newspaper, that Gibran wrote for. Other influential writers included Mikha'il Nu'aima (1889-1988), Iliya Abu Madi (1889-1957), Nasib Arida (1887-1946), Nadra Haddad (1881-1950), and Ilyas Abu Sabaka (1903-47). Especially Mikha'il Nu'aima's critical writings paved way to new freedom in poetic expression. Although Gibran was not a great poetry in verse, and most of his writings in prose should not be regarded as 'poetry', he opened doors to a new kind of creativity. Salma Khadra Jayyusi wrote in 1987 that Gibran's rhythm "fell on ears like magic, intoxicating in its frequent use of interrogations, repetitions, and the vocative; by a language which was at once modern, elegant, and original; and by an imagery that was evocative and imbued with a healthy measure of emotion. His vision of a world made sterile by dead mores and conventions but redeemable through love, good will, and constructive action deepened his readers' insights en enlightened their views of life and man."
Gibran died of liver disease, possibly accelerated by alcoholism, in New York on April 10, 1931. Upon his death, his body was shipped back to his hometown in Lebanon, where alongside his tomb The Gibran Museum was later established. In his will Gibran left all the royalties of his books to his native village."When the souls rise in the **light of their joy, my soul ascends glorified by the *dark of grief. *I am like you, Night! And when my morn comes, then *my time will end." **Gibran's best-known work is THE PROPHET, a partly autobiographical book of 26 poetic essays, which has been translated into over 20 languages. The Prophet, who has lived in a foreign city 12 years, is about to board a ship that will take him home. He is stopped by a group of people, whom he teaches the mysteries of life. The resulting 26 sermons are meant to emancipate the listeners. In the 1960s *The Prophet became a counterculture guide and in the 1980s the message of spiritualism overcoming material success was adopted by Yuppies. Critics have not treated the book well. Its mystical poetry is frequently read at weddings even today. Among Gibran's other popular books is THE EARTH GODS (1931), a dialogue in free verse between three titans on the human destiny.Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. *Sing and dance together and be joyous, *but let each one of you be alone. *Even as the strings of a lute are alone *though they quiver with the same music. **(from *The Prophet: *Marriage)
*For further reading: *This Man from Lebanon by B. Young (1945); This Man from Lebanon by B. Young (1945); Kahlil Gibran: A Biography *by M. Naimy (1959); *The Parables of Kahlil Gibran *by A.S. Otto (1963); *Kahlil Gibran *by K.S. Hawi (1963); *An Introduction to Kahlil Gibran *by S.B. Bushrui (1970); *Kahlil Gibran: The Nature of Love by A.D. Sherfan (1971); Kahlil Gibran by J. Gibran and K. Gibran (1975); Gibran of Lebanon, ed. by S.B. Bushrui and P. Gotch (1975); The Meaning of Kahlil Gibran by M.S. Daoudi (1982); The Lebanese Prophets of New York *by N. Naimy (1985); *Kahlil Gibran of Lebanon by S.B. Bushrui (1987); Modern Arabic Poetry, ed. by Salma Khadra Jayyusi (1987); Kahlil Gibran: A Prophet in the Making by W. Shehadi (1991) -
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^ in the above post his name is written Khalil as qwelll as Kahlil.. I think true correct word is Kahlil ..
plus a great book of wisdom..
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^ he was arab and was very well named khalil but the west, who wants to show that he is a christian, prefer to write him as kahlil so as to make sure that no one confuses him to be a muslim....
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^ that is the first time i am hearing that Kahlil or Khlil Jibran was a muslim!!! please give some source as it is well established that he was christian originally from Labonon ..
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^ Calm down, pal! He said he preferred that people write his name “Kahlil” so people would NOT confuse him to be a Muslim.
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In case you didn't know there are "ARAB" *christians, who have *"ARAB" names and call their god "ALLAH", which is arabic for god....
Khalil is an arabic name, and just because it is a one of those fimiliar name of those pesky musalla that you despise so much, doesn't mean that christian arabs have to be the victims of your unadulterated anti-arab/muslim hatred and bigotry...
I didn't know hindus are just as ignorant of the arab/muslim world as their right-wing fascist conterparts in the west....