Friday, November 30, 2018

Book Review: Spirits Rebellious by Kahlil Gibran


I read Khalil Gibran for the first time in my first year of university. Originally written in Arabic Spirits Rebellious caused great agitation and trouble after its publication. It was burnt by both the Church and the angered state officials as it was considered a threat to state stability. Back then Lebanon was under brutal Turkish rule.

Gibran rose against the religious and political injustice during that time. Specifically the story of Khalil the heretic in this book caused the great annoyance to the ruling Sultans. Two other stories titled Madame Rose Hanie and The cry of the graves are also in the book. Spirits Rebellious portrays Gibran’s protest over inequality between man and woman, failure of principles of law and justice and corrupt practices of religious administration.

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