On March 27, 2019, the Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace held an all-day symposium and exhibit on three Lebanese-American literary giants: Kahlil Gibran, Ameen Rihani and Mikhail Naimy. The symposium gathered an audience of 200 people from the Washington metropolitan area, New York, Boston, Chicago, Michigan, and Lebanon.

Lectures (Video): 

Videos

Click to watch panels 1, 2 and 3 from the symposium. 

Pictures:

Articles and media: 

• Annahar Newspaper (Sydney, Australia), " إِعادةُ تشكيل مشهد الفكر العربي: كرسي جبران في جامعة ميريلند", March 19, 2019
  Link: https://umd.box.com/s/95nfv4zpu9aiz7zry8os01gpbli4tpnk
   
• Arab America, March 27, 2019
  Link: https://www.arabamerica.com/events/reshaping-the-landscapes-of-arab-thought/
   
• Aswaq el.Arab (London), "إِعادةُ تشكيل مشهد الفكر العربي”, March 11, 2019
  Link: http://www.asswak-alarab.com/archives/17412
   
• Beirut Times (Los Angeles, USA), "كرسي جبران في جامعة ميريلند", March 11, 2019
  Link: www.beiruttimes.com/article/5454, 
   
• The Diamondback (University of Maryland), "UMD honors Lebanese-American authors at literature seminar", March 31, 2019
  Link: http://www.dbknews.com/2019/03/28/umd-lebanese-american-authors-kahlil-gibran-chair-ameen-rihani-mikhail-naimy-symposium/
   
• Gibran Chair (University of Maryland), "Reshaping Landscapes: A Conference Celebrating Three Literary Giants", January 31, 2019
  Link: https://gibranchair.umd.edu/events/reshaping-landscapes-conference-celebrating-three-literary-giants
   
• Gibran Chair (University of Maryland), "Rediscovering the Fathers of Modern Arab Thought", February 2019
  Link: https://gibranchair.umd.edu/landingtopic/rediscovering-fathers-modern-arab-thought
   
• al-Mayadeen, al-Mashhadiya (Video; 27:36), April 2, 2019

  Link: https://youtu.be/qlQy2inJiHo?t=1656
• al-Mayadeen, "كرسي جبران في جامعة ماريلند", (Video; 00:37, 27:45), April 2, 2019
  Link: http://www.almayadeen.net/episodes/943764/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9_02-04-2019
   
• The Kahlil Gibran Collective
  Link: https://www.kahlilgibran.com/55-gibran-chair-2019-symposium-and-reception.html
   
• Youssef Yacoubi, Seton Hall University, "Assistant Professor speaks at "Reshaping the Landscapes of Arab Thought", April 8, 2019
  Link: https://www.shu.edu/arts-sciences/news/reshaping-the-landscapes-of-arab-thought.cfm

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