SUHEIL BUSHRUI is a distinguished author, poet, critic, translator, recipient of many international awards, and particularly revered as an authority on the works of W.B. Yeats and Kahlil Gibran. A university professor for the last 56 years, Bushrui has taught at universities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. Currently, Bushrui is the professor and first incumbent of the George and Lisa Zakhem Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace at the University of Maryland, where he is also a Senior Scholar of Peace with the Center for International Development and Conflict Management. A Fellow of the Temenos Academy, Professor Bushrui’s publications are extensive in both English and Arabic. His most recent works include The Spiritual Heritage of the Human Race (2010), and its translation into Arabic under the title Turathuna al-Ruh: Min Bedayat al-Tarikh ila al-Adyan al-Mu‘aserah (2011). In 2006, Professor Bushrui and David Cadman edited the Selected Speeches and Articles of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales (2006), which was then translated to Arabic under the title Sahib al Samou al Malaki Al-Amir Charles Yatahaddath (2010).
JAMES M. MALARKEY is a specialist on Middle Eastern and North African affairs. The Chair of Humanities and General Education at Antioch University McGregor, Malarkey has taught Anthropology at Antioch College, Cultural Studies at the American University of Beirut, Linguistics at the University of Constantine, Algeria, as well as World Classics at Antioch University McGregor.