Written Works

Rodney P. Carlisle, Multicultural America: Volume II: The Arab Americans, New York, NY: Infobase Publishing, 2011.

Rose Cecil O'Neill, Portrait of Kahlil Gibran, 1914.

Pencil and watercolor wash on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Smithsonian Women's Committee in memory of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, 1987.11.

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.

Ruth Danenhower, Artist Puts Roosevelt, Wilson and Edison in His Temple of Fame, The New York Press, Sunday Morning, June 7, 1914, p. 9.

Ru’ya [Short Story], al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Mulaqqab bi-Abi Nuwas [Drawing], Ya Nafs [Poem], al-Funun 2, no. 1 (June 1916), pp. 1-3; 65; 70-71 [digitized by the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA].

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.

Safia Boushaba, An Analytical Study of Some Problems of Literary Translation: A Study of Two Arabic Translations of K. Gibran's The Prophet, University of Salford, 1988.

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].

Salvatore Ritrovato, "Poeti arabi della diaspora. Versi e prose liriche di Kahlil Gibran, Ameen Rihani, Mikhail Naimy, Elia Abu Madi", «Poesia», XXIX, 320, Nov, 2016, p. 68 (review)

Sana Mcharek, "Kahlil Gibran and Other Arab American Prophets", The Florida State University, 2006.

In 1926 Gibran published Sand and Foam. It comprises about three hundred aphorisms of two to a dozen lines, generally written in the style of The Prophet. Sand and Foam is decorated with Gibran’s drawings, and the aphorisms are separated by floral dingbats also drawn by Gibran. Some scholars consider this book the off cuts of The Prophet, written on various materials from match box cartons and napkins whenever inspiration would take hold.

Sara Notaristefano, "La stanza del profeta di Kahlil Gibran", «incroci», 11, Jul-Dec 2005 

Sarah Gualtieri, Gendering the Chain Migration Thesis: Women and Syrian Transatlantic Migration, 1878-1924, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Volume 24, Number 1, 2004, pp. 67-78.

Sarah M. A. Gualtieri, "Between Arab and White: Race and Ethnicity in the Early Syrian American Diaspora", Berkeley-Los Angeles-London: University of California Press, 2009.

Sarah M.A. Gualtieri, “From Lebanon to Louisiana: ‘Afifa Karam and Arab Women’s Writing in the Diaspora,” in Arab American Women: Critical Engagements, edited by Suad Joseph, Syracuse University Press, 2015.

Sheila Turner, “Tales of a Levantine Guru”, Saturday Review, March 13, 1971, pp. 54–55. 

Shereen Khairallah, Remembering Dr Ayyub Tabet (1875-1947), Dergham, Beirut 2014 (extract).

Ship Manifest (Nieuw Amsterdam, 1910)
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Passenger Record

• First Name: Kahlel
• Last Name: Gebian [Gebrian/Gibrian?]
• Nationality: Turkey, Syrian
• Last Place of Residence: Paris, France
• Date of Arrival: October 31st, 1910
• Age at Arrival: 27y
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Single
• Ship of Travel: Nieuw Amsterdam
• Port of Departure: Rotterdam, Holland
• Manifest Line Number: 0012