12/11, 19h: Um profeta em Nova Iorque __ Leitura dramática inspirada na vida e obra de Khalil Gibran

 

Com a Companhia Teatral Arnesto nos Convidou e o dramaturgo Samir Yazbek

Abertura de Aida R. Hanania - professora titular aposentada da FFLCH-USP 

12 de novembro de 2013 • terça-feira • 19h 

Auditório do MASP 

Av. Paulista, 1578

São Paulo/SP 

Estação Trianon-Masp do metrô

Entrada franca

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Um Profeta em Nova Iorque é um texto teatral inédito, do dramaturgo e diretor Samir Yazbek, inspirado na vida e obra do poeta, escritor e artista plástico libanês Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), autor do best-seller mundial O Profeta.

Tomando como pano de fundo a época em que Gibran viveu em Nova Iorque, no início do século XX, acompanhamos o florescimento de sua literatura, a luta pelo reconhecimento do seu trabalho, além do diálogo imaginário com figuras emblemáticas de sua infância.

Religion, revolution and two languages

June 27th, 2011
By William F. Vendley
New York

Global Experts

The elderly Venerable Tep Vong, the Supreme Patriarch of the Buddhist community in Cambodia, traveled to Jaffna in Sri Lanka in the midst of the recent civil war. In a broken city under siege, he joined others — Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and Christians—to try to bring a peaceful end to the violent separatist conflict. The force of his quiet Buddhist resolve was unmistakable. Yet, he never quoted a single Buddhist scripture. He spoke, instead, in the plainest of ordinary words.

Who would have thought that speaking plainly in ordinary language is revolutionary? But for many religious communities, it is. The revolution is the growth of multi-religious action based upon ancient religious meanings but using new ways to communicate across religious lines. The evidence, if you look, is everywhere: war zones, places of extreme poverty, school and regular neighborhoods. Religiously fanatical forces capture headlines, but the big story is that religious communities are actively cooperating on a scale until recently unimaginable. Shoulder-to-shoulder on the front lines of today’s challenges, multi-religious cooperation is mainstream and it’s growing.

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