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2 Apr 2019
Glen Kalem
Today Even As Yesterday - An Unpublished Poem by Kahlil Gibran
by Francesco Medici © Copyright Francesco Medici All Rights Reserved 2019 Indeed, as of today, Gibran’s literary works both in Arabic and English have all but been published, apart from maybe some fragments and other minor contributions. To find unpublished material we have to look above all at his many letters.[1] For example, his extensive correspondence with Mary Haskell Minis (between 1904 and the time of his death in 1931) and her private journal and diaries about him are still waiting to be published in their entirety. Said documents are part of the Minis Family Papers, 1739-1948, held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, which also contains Mary’s correspondence and various materials about Gibran, manuscrip...
28 Mar 2019
Glen Kalem
Rare Photo Found - A Banquet in Honor of Gibran (Detroit, October 1924)
by Glen Kalem In 2014 The Kahlil Gibran Collective announced the discovery of an
15 Mar 2019
Glen Kalem
Marilyn Monroe and Kahlil Gibran - Married by The Prophet
By Glen Kalem " The Prophet …It is very inspiring. It is more or less a pattern for everyday living." Marilyn Monroe Robert F. Saltzer - The New York Journal-America1 Copyright © Glen Kalem all rights reserved 2019 Marilyn Monroe was a self-educated literate, and it may come as a surprise to many that she was like most self-educated people, (including myself) an avid reader of just about everything, with a wide variety of interests. We say ‘surprised’ because, f...
20 Mar 2019
Glen Kalem
Aporias in Literary Translation: A Case Study of The Prophet and Its Translations
NEWS: Contributing writers for the Kahlil Gibran Collective, Francesco Medici and Glen Kalem have had their study on the translations of 'The Prophet' inspire an academic paper prepared by Professor Maya El-Hajj. We are proud to announce it has been published in 'Academy Publication' - Theory and Practice in Language Studies ISSN 1799-2591 Volume 9, Number 4, April 2019 under the title of "Aporias in Literary Translation: A Case Study of The Prophet and Its Translations." Links to the full article below. Medici and Kalem were...
9 Mar 2019
Glen Kalem
Gibran Translates Felix Faris: Forefathers’ Ashes
by Francesco Medici Copyright © Francesco Medici all rights reserved 2019 Between 1921 and 1922 Felix Faris (1882-1939), a prominent Lebanese activist, journalist, writer, poet and translator, spent seven months in the United States. In New York he met the members of Arrabitah (The Pen Bond) and became a close friend of Gibran, who considered him a “great literary brother.”1
2 Apr 2019
Glen Kalem
Today Even As Yesterday - An Unpublished Poem by Kahlil Gibran
by Francesco Medici © Copyright Francesco Medici All Rights Reserved 2019 Indeed, as of today, Gibran’s literary works both in Arabic and English have all but been published, apart from maybe some fragments and other minor contributions. To find unpublished material we have to look above all at his many letters.[1] For example, his extensive correspondence with Mary Haskell Minis (between 1904 and the time of his death in 1931) and her private journal and diaries about him are still waiting to be published in their entirety. Said documents are part of the Minis Family Papers, 1739-1948, held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, which also contains Mary’s correspondence and various materials about Gibran, manuscrip...