Wisdom of the arabs -the-

Zusatztext "Perfect bedside books to end the day with words 'firm fixing! never forgotten." Informationen zum Autor Suheil Badi Bushrui is recognised as a leading authority on Kahlil Gibran. In 1983 he was appointed by the President of Lebanon as a co-ordinator of the Presidential Committee commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of Gibran’s birth. He is currently the Professor and Director of the George and Lisa Zakhem Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace at the University of Maryland. He is the editor and translator of a number of works of Kahlil Gibran, including  The Essential Gibran ,  Kahlil Gibran: A Spiritual Treasury ,  Love Letters , and  The Little Book of Love , and the co-author with Joe Jenkins of the definitive biography,  Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet . Klappentext N/A Zusammenfassung Excavates the rich vein of wisdom that characterises Arab literature, from Kahlil Gibran to the fabled delights of the Arabian Nights and the sacred verses of the Qur'an. Inhaltsverzeichnis Divine path 21 Being virtuous 53 The art of self-restraint 81 Dailt life 111 Becoming a leader 179 Art and learning 217

Product details

• Authors: Suheil Bushrui, Suheil Badi Bushrui, Bushrui Suheil
• Assisted by: Suheil Bushrui (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.05.2002
• EAN: 9781851682836
• ISBN: 978-1-85168-283-6
• No. of pages: 254
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 155 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Oneworld of Wisdom; Oneworld of Wisdom
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry)