The Broken WingsPhoemixx Classics Ebooks, 15/11/2021 - 177 من الصفحات The Broken Wings Kahlil Gibran - A novel written by Kahlil Gibran and first published in Arabic in 1912. It is a tale of tragic love, set in turn-of-the-century Beirut. A young woman, Selma Karamy is betrothed to a prominent religious man's nephew. The protagonist, a young man, falls in love with this woman. They begin to meet in secret, however they are discovered, and Selma is forbidden to leave her house, breaking their hopes and hearts. The book highlights many of the social issues of the time in the Eastern Mediterranean, including religious corruption, the rights of women (and lack thereof), and the weighing up of wealth and happiness. |
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awakened beauty beloved bird Bishop Bulos bitterness broken wings calm carriage child choked cloud consolation dark daughter dawn dead death deep dream drops of dew earth Eternity eyes Farris Effandi Karamy father felt garden gazed ghosts glory God’s grave grave digger hand happiness head hear heard heart Heaven heavenly Holy of Holies hour Ishtar jasmine tree Kahlil Gibran kiss leaves Lebanon life’s light lips listen live looked Mansour Bey Galib marriage memory misery moon mother mountain nephew never night old man’s pain passed poets prisoner rays remember rose saying secret Selma Karamy Selma’s face shadow sigh silence singing sitting slavery smile solitude song Song of Solomon sorrow soul spirit spring stared sun’s sweet tears tempest temple Thou dost throne tomb trembling uttered voice walked weak whispered wine wings of death woman words worship young youth