Nevertheless, the church ridicules him and labels him a madman and lost soul, pushing aside his criticisms | The new versions have been produced by recognized experts in the interpretation of texts in the Arabic language, who combine specialized knowledge of its literary and philosophical heritage with a fluid, accessible and contemporary English prose style |
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In this one he gets to speak beautiful words to a dying woman about the inherent beauty of a her soul despite her life as a prostitute and her own opinion of herself as a depraved creature | SPIRIT BRIDES is classic Gibran |
Later on, Yuhanna publicly speaks before the people on a Holy Day, decrying the hypocrisy of those thieves in words that would move mountains with their strength and solid stance in the true nature of Christ's teaching.
10The second story, "Marta al-Baniyah," explores how women, especially the poor, are exploited by rich men | They maliciously cornered Yuhanna about it and said he had to pay them for the damage, and asked far too much so that he was unable to pay |
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We are please to present a series of important new translations of Arabic writing of Kahlil Gibran | "Yuhanna the Madman" is the ultimate story in the set, and is not about a man who actually lost his mind |
We are please to present a series of important new translations of Arabic writing of Kahlil Gibran.
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