Gibran was surrounded by many Syrian and Lebanese writers and poets, such as Mikhail Naimy, Abdul Massih Haddad, and Nasib Arida. Together, they established what they called "Al-Rabita Al-Qalamiyah" (The Pen League), through which they aimed to renew Arabic literature and rescue it from its stagnant state. This league was founded in his home in 1920, and they elected him…