Hi, I'm Mona Rezvani with the Gibran
Chair and I'm Yasehur Vidanteram with
the Gibran Chair as well, and we're
gonna do a quick tour of the exhibit
that we have or the new shaping the lens
keeps the theropod exhibit follow us
we've got our timeline over here it
starts in 1876 with the birth of I mean
our honey and Lebanon and it continues
through kahlil Gibran's birth
now 90s birth and it continues to cover
the life the legacies the literature and
the various parts of each of their lives
over here on Kendall - we have starts of
change rouhani and Gibran begin to
publish then we have reshaping
landscapes in which world war one
happens here we see them take more
political stances on air of existence
especially in the United States at this
point where honey has published his
paramount piece which is the book of
Khalid in 1923
khalil gibran publishes the Prophet the
pen League is formed which is a literary
society that started in New York and
1920
johani has met at this point with the
President Theodore Roosevelt of the
United States several secretaries of
states we've got them as global figures
this is the prime of their international
work they're very much known as authors
and poets and creators both in the
United States and internationally Gibran
passes away in 1931 Nyami returns to
live in Lebanon in 1932 and 1940 I mean
it honey passes away and the last panel
covers their enduring legacies it starts
around 1945 and it continues to 2009 but
that of course doesn't mean that their
legacies have ended that year it's just
a a ten year mark for their legacy now
all of this timeline is accessible to
you at the Gibran chair website which is
Gibran chair that um gdb you this
timeline has multiple QR codes in which
you can scan and read the various works
that are present on here in addition to
a few videos of them speaking here we
have the second portion of our exhibit
which are the three X displays so these
contain information about the towns that
dabrander handi and nine we were born in
which are bisciotti Frankie and
Miscanthus respectively so you can see
where they are in Lebanon and read a
little bit about the towns
and we also have more information
throughout the X displays about Gibran
rouhani and 90s or detailed biographies
and about the people who influenced
their lives and their works this is the
first diesel in this part of our display
and it consists of 75 professors from
all over the world who have either
taught about or researched Gibran / Hani
and I mean an interesting fact about
this is that we have professors and
researchers from every continent in the
world except Antarctica including
countries such as the United States
Lebanon Kathir India Malaysia and in
Latvia in Europe this list of professors
can be viewed in a more geographically
here on this easel which consists of a
map with color code for the number of
professors that either teach her
research to ponder Hani and I meet in
each of the countries around the world
here in this last season we have some of
the wise words of Gibran or honey and
Knightley each of them have many
incredible quotes that directly apply to
many of the situations that we see in
our political and social climates today
and these are just a few examples of the
ways that they continue to influence us
- behind us is the exhibit of books what
we're calling the reading nook that
includes about 95 books about or by
rouhani
and Miami that includes first edition
copies includes them to two languages
Arabic and English this part of the
exhibit is the calligraphy of flatness
to fun 11 e's artists who painted or
drew Gibran's
the prophet in arabic it starts from
here and it continues through seven
pages on the table we have a meta which
is an inkwell in which calligraphers
will store their ink and quilts a little
bit about the calligrapher
but Stephane was actually commissioned
by a few cartographers to decorate the
house of worship in addition to parts of
the New Testament and of course the
Prophet by Gibran in Arabic thank you
for joining us for the store of our
exhibit at the reshaping the landscapes
of Arab thought symposium and you can
find more materials online including all
the pieces of the exhibit at our website
which is Gibran chair um d edu and
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