A clarion call for freedom from one of the twentieth centuryÕs most important philosophers and writers, Kahlil Gibran A book so powerful it was burned in the marketplace of Beirut at the time of its publication, Kahlil GibranÕs ÔSpirits RebelliousÕ is a clarion call for freedom in his homeland of LebanonÑfor individuals and society. GibranÕs bitter denunciation of religious and political injustice flows through his lyric pen in three parables, that of ÒMadame Rose Hanie,Ó ÒThe Cry of the Graves,Ó and ÒKahlil the Heretic.Ó His vision of liberty is no less powerful today.