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- ↑ Suheil Bushrui; Salma Kuzbari, eds. (1983). Blue Flame: the Love Letters of Kahlil Gibran to May Ziadah. Longman. p. xi. ISBN 9780582780781.
- ↑ Kahlil Gibran (1959). Anthony R. Ferris (ed.). Kahlil Gibran: A Self-Portrait. Kensington Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 9780806501086.
