Kahlil Gibran's Lebanon hometown celebrates 'The Prophet' centennial

Nestled in the mountains of northern Lebanon, a museum dedicated to Kahlil Gibran in his hometown of Bsharre has been celebrating the centennial of 'The Prophet', the renowned author's most famous work. Photo: AFP

Nestled in the mountains of northern Lebanon, a museum dedicated to Kahlil Gibran in his hometown of Bsharre has been celebrating the centennial of The Prophet, the renowned author's most famous work.

Since it was first published in the United States in 1923, millions of copies of The Prophet have been sold worldwide, with the book becoming a literary classic that has been translated into dozens of languages from the original English.