16 February 2025
Drawing from his most recent book, In Search of a Prophet: A Spiritual Journey with Kahlil Gibran (Bloomsbury/Rowman & Littlefield), Paul G. Chandler will take the listener on a fascinating journey through the all-embracing nature of Kahlil Gibran, the early-20th century Lebanese-born poet-artist, author of the bestselling book _The Prophet_. Chandler will explore how Kahlil Gibran, a supreme East-West figure, is an unparalleled guide in the midst of today’s global challenges, related to peace, harmony, and the building of bridges between diverse cultures, ethnicities, and spiritual traditions.
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session and then by Iftar.
Date: March 3, 2025
Time: 6:00 p.m. Amman Time (10:00 a.m. EST)
Place: American Center of Research, Amman (click for directions)
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83654363179?pwd=MiilACmA8eZHY2A43uXzFstZzyROw3.1
Webinar ID: 836 5436 3179
Passcode: 066335
YouTube livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@ACORJordan1968/streams
About the Speaker:
Paul G. Chandler is an author, art curator, speaker, NGO executive, interreligious peacemaker, and intercultural bridgebuilder. He grew up in Senegal, West Africa, and has lived and worked extensively around the world in senior leadership roles within publishing, the arts, relief and development, and the Anglican Communion. He is the founding president of CARAVAN Arts, an international NGO that uses the arts for transformational purposes. He is recognized as a global leader in using the arts to build bridges, toward fostering peace, harmony, and wholeness in our world. He has organized and curated major art exhibitions internationally — in sacred spaces such as St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., and at notable art venues such as the National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman, Sotheby’s in London, the American University Museum in Washington, D.C., the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, and the Museum of Modern Art in Cairo, as well as at reverential memorial sites, including Ground Zero in New York.
