Liban wrote:Thankyou for that kind biography.
Khalil Gibran is Lebanese... He may have held a US passport, but he is Lebanese
U.S. Postage Stamp For Kahlil Gibran
Americans for Kahlil Gibran U.S. Postage Stamp Committee
is at work soliciting support for the issuance of a commemorative U.S. postage stamp honoring the American literary legend Kahlil Gibran, (1883-1931) who migrated to America from Lebanon in 1895. He was a prolific poet, author, philosopher, and artist. His message of tolerance and compassion remains a symbol of unity, democracy, and peace for people of all nations. "This national drive is aimed at honoring the American literary legend and we urge the American public and officials to assist in the realization of a postage stamp for Gibran," said Robert S. Andrews, Sr., chairman. In 1991, President George Bush dedicated the Gibran Memorial Garden in Washington, D.C.
You may download the petition by visiting:
www.arab-american-affairs.net and click on Gibran stamp.
Mail your supportive petitions and letters to:
Americans for Kahlil Gibran
U.S. Postage Stamp Committee
P. O. Box 291159
Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Kahlil Gibran of America
by Dr. Suheil Bushrui
http://www.alhewar.com/Gibran.html
America is in some ways entitled to claim Kahlil Gibran for one of her own sons as much as his native Lebanon. For he spent only the first twelve years of his life in Bisharri, the village where he was born in 1883, before emigrating with his family to the United States. Apart from two brief return visits to Lebanon and a two-year studentship in Paris, he lived out the last two-thirds of his life, including virtually all of his adulthood entirely on American soil. He died in New York at the age of 48.
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