One way to build bridges of understanding between cultures is to offer works of art from many different cultures to people of many other, different cultures in a very public way. 

Here is a poem by an Arab poet named "Kahlil Gibran". He was born in 1883 in a part of Syria that is now in modern Lebanon. The poem below is from a collection called "The Prophet".  

What does it tell us about which values are universal and precious to people all over the world? 

                                                                   (Enjoy.)