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"We Have Eternity...." He studied at home, learned Arabic, French, English. At eleven he went to Boston with his sister, mother and halfbrother, stayed there for two years. He studied at Beirut and in Paris, wrote poems in Arabic. His first poem, Spirits Rebellious, was burned in the market place...
When he was 20, Kahlil Gibran returned to Boston. His paintings won him a reputation. His prose poems, written in Arabic and translated by himself, brought him readers who became disciples. By 1910 Gibran was settled in a large fourth-floor studio in Manhattan. Short but powerful, he wore robes...
A strong believer in cultural reciprocity, the Prince wants Nigeria's 23 accredited colleges to offer research-scholarships to U.S. students. Besides such hard-to-find courses as Arabic language and Nigerian history, they would provide Western visitors with insights into Nigeria's "stable family system and immaterial...
Palestine's new High Commissioner, Field Marshal Lord Gort, drove ceremonially through Jerusalem's tortuous, tipped-up streets. Crowds shouted (in Hebrew) "Shalom"; (in Arabic) "Salaam." Both words meant peace. But the words were only words: the Holy Land was tense again with trouble. Jews and Arabs had...
Soon Ismahan and Ahmed Salem quarreled and parted. A fortnight ago the estranged husband came to his wife's villa on Cairo's Pyramids Road, fired several revolver shots, missed her, wounded a policeman, then turned the gun on himself. Doting Arabic cinemafans sighed with relief when they...