The Broken Wings / الأجنحة المتكسرة‎ by Gibran Khalil Gibran

The Broken Wings / الأجنحة المتكسرة‎

Gibran Khalil Gibran

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قصة لجبران خليل جبران، وتعتبر من أشهر قصصه بالعربية، وتتحدث عن شاب بعمر ال يحب فتاة ،ولكن تلك الفتاة تُخطب من شخص آخر غني يطمع في ثروة والدها ،وتحدث المشاكل، ويتحدث فيها جبران بالصيغة الأولى أي يجعل نفسه بطل القصة.

الأجنحة المتكسرة. (2021, March 8). In ويكيبيديا. https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%AD%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A9

Broken Wings (Arabic: الأجنحة المتكسرة‎, romanized: al-ajniḥa al-mutakassira) is a poetic novel written in Arabic by Kahlil Gibran and first published in 1912 by the printing house of the periodical Meraat-ul-Gharb in New York. It is a tale of tragic love, set at the turn of the 20th century in Beirut.A young woman, Selma Karamy, is betrothed to a prominent religious man's nephew. The protagonist (a young man that Gibran perhaps modeled after himself) 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.

Broken Wings (Gibran novel). (2021, June 5). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Wings_(Gibran_novel)

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Described as a "poetic novel," this Arabic book is engaging and easy-to-follow, yet stunningly beautiful in its language. A great read for any Arabic learner!

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