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Spirits Rebellious is one of Kahlil Gibran's early Arabic story collections, a set of narrative tales that turned him into a controversial voice in the Arab world. Written with lyrical intensity, the stories take aim at social injustice, the tyranny of inherited authority, and the hypocrisy of religious institutions.

Across its tales, Gibran gives voice to those crushed by custom and power — women bound by loveless marriage, the poor exploited by the privileged, and rebels who defy corrupt clergy and rulers. His sympathies lie unmistakably with the oppressed, and his indictment of the church and the feudal order was pointed enough to provoke fierce backlash in his day.

An essential early work of modern Arabic literature, Spirits Rebellious reveals the reformist, socially engaged Gibran who preceded the serene mysticism of The Prophet, fusing romantic feeling with a demand for justice.