Beirut Spring [1] writes about an uproar surrounding a newly established public school in Brooklyn (NY), that is named after the Lebanese/Arab writer and poet Gibran Khalil Gibran [2]. The school teaches many of its material in Arabic and has some courses on “Arab Culture”. Jewish groups demonstrated and condemned the opening of what they termed a “Madrassah”. A group called “Friends Of Gibran Council” released a press statement claiming that Gibran was Lebanese but not an Arab!
Lebanon: Uproar at School in NY named after Khalil Gibran
· Written by Moussa Bashir
Categories: Middle East & North Africa, North America, Lebanon, U.S.A., Education, Literature, Protest