• Capital : Riyadh

• Language: Arab

• Religion : Islam

Flag Of Saudi Arabia

Economy : Saudi Arabia occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula and is the largest country in area in the Middle East—but 95 percent of the land is desert. Mountains running parallel to the Red Sea slope down to plains along the Persian Gulf. Desert kingdom one of the wealthiest nations in the world.

Arabian desert

Saudi Arabian women are required, according to Islamic law, to cover their bodies in abaya (black robes and face coverings) as a sign of respect for Muslim modesty laws.Pork is considered unclean and is prohibited. Lunch is traditionally the day’s main meal.

Large, extended families live together, and nepotism is encouraged. Storytelling is another favorite form of

artistic expression

Labor

Unemployment

Dreams- wish fulfillment

1)Satirical- humorous2)Abstractions- thoughts3)Mysticism- religion4)Resurrection- revival5)Nepotism- predisposition

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The prophet , Al Mustafa, has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for 12 years and is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses topics such as life and the human condition.

WORKPeople should take pride in their workAll work is worthy of respect for the laborerWork adds purpose to one's life

CLOTHESClothing hides beauty rather than hiding imperfectionsClothing preserves our modesty from the sight of the impureClothes should not be so showy that they overshadow the person within

REASON AND PASSIONReason - thoughts that guide one's actionsPassion - emotions that drive one to actPassion is the sail that propels life; while Reason is the rudder that gives life direction

TEACHINGTeachers only expose a student to new ideasStudents bear the responsibility to learnStudents learn by relating new ideas to their experience (self-knowledge)

FRIENDSHIPFriendship should have no purpose other than enjoying each other's companyShare good times with friends, as well as comfort when times are badLove between friends is often the seed of romantic love

BEAUTYBeauty is the attraction that others feel towards youMany people confuse sexual desires with beautyBeauty lies within everyone, rather than in their outward appearance

Prose poetryArabic poetry is characteristically witty and satirical.

1.Without struggles we would learn nothing about life.

2.Those who enjoy their work know that it is a secret to fulfillment.

3.The separation we feel from other people and all forms of life while on earth is not real.

KHALIL GIBRAN(January 6, 1883 – April

10, 1931) Lebanese – American artist, poet and writer. the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao Tzu.

Reason/s why he wrote “The Prophet”:

Dealt with abstractions as God, Love and woman.Influenced by Nietzche.Developed an interest in mysticism but remained as a devout Christian.

And let it direct your passion with reason, that your passion may live through its own daily resurrection, and like the phoenix rise above its

own ashes.Meaning:metaphor for death and resurrection

You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams. Meaning:symbol for natural purity and to question formalized views on morality

And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, has been fashioned of the clay which The Potter has moistened with His own sacred tears.Meaning:Christian beliefs of its author

AlmitraSymbolizes:Mary Hassell (his mentor and first love) who was ten years older. She refused his marriage proposal due to their age difference.

Rhetorical question- question to which the speaker expects no spoken answer but hopes for the mental one that he forcefully suggests.

On GivingFor what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you may need themtomorrow? On LawsWhat man's law shall bind you if you break your yoke but upon no man's prison door?

Antithesis-the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in parallel structures.

On Joy & SorrowAnd the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.

On ClothesYour clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful

Climax- arrangement of series of words, phrases, clauses or sentences in an ascending order of importance.

On Eating and DrinkingIt is to sow seeds with tenderness and reap the harvest with joy, even as if your beloved were to eat the fruit. On Work And when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God.

Man in a Tub Signals:

-No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of our knowledge.- To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the power of ocean by the frailty of its foam.

2nd Person point of viewSignals:

-When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. -For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger.

Al MustafaAlmitra

Dynamic and Round

In the temple and on the docks of the port city of Orphalese.

7th day of Ielool.

The book advocates that we should be glad of the experience of

coming into the world, even if it seems full of pain, because after death we will see that life had a pattern and a purpose, and that

what seems to us now as 'good' and 'bad' will be appreciated without judgment as good for our souls.