Suheil Bushrui

Suheil Badi Bushrui (; September 14, 1929 – September 2, 2015) was a Palestinian professor, author, poet, critic, translator, and peace maker. He was a prominent scholar in regard to the life and works of the Lebanese-American author and poet Kahlil Gibran.

Professor Suheil Badi Bushrui was a distinguished scholar, renowned for his contributions through his books, lectures and academic papers about the Irish poets W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, and other Irish literary figures, such as John Millington Synge. As for the Irish poet, W. B. Yeats, Professor Bushrui has done a lot to bring Yeats's poetry to the Arab-speaking audience, through his translations to Arabic. Professor Bushrui was unique in that he was the first non-westerner to attend the Summer School in Sligo, Ireland, which opened in 1960, dedicated and named after Yeats, who grew up there and also spent his childhood holidays in Sligo's landscape. In accordance with this, Professor Bushrui wrote in 1962 his Ph.D. thesis in English Literature, about Yeats's Plays, The Revisions, 1900 - 1910,

Subsequently and until early 2015, Bushrui became the Director of the Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace at the University of Maryland and was Senior Scholar of Peace Studies at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management.

Throughout his long career, he worked with generations of young people to promote a culture of peace. He was recognized in the many countries in which he taught (Sudan, Nigeria, the U.K., Canada, Lebanon and the U.S.), for the transformation he brought about in the lives of his students.

Accolades and honors Throughout a long career, professor Bushrui received numerous accolades and honors, including: The Lebanese National Order of Merit. London University's Una Ellis-Fermor Literary Prize. The Silver Medal of Merit of the Vatican-sponsored Sacred and Military Constantinian Order of St. George. The University of Maryland's Outstanding Faculty Award. A Maryland Governor's Citation for excellence in education. The Life Achievement Award of the Alumni Association of the American University of Beirut. The Temple of Understanding's Juliet Hollister Award for exceptional service to interfaith understanding.