Daoud Corm
Daoud Corm , David Corm in English, was an influential Lebanese painter and the father of writer, industrialist and philanthropist Charles Corm. He was a teacher and mentor to the young Khalil Gibran as well as Khalil Saleeby and Habib Srour.
Daoud was born in the town of Ghosta, Mount Lebanon in 1852. He was one of three children born to an affluent family of scribes and clerks. His father Shamun Hokayem, also known by his court title alChidiac, was a child prodigy, an accomplished polymath and a polyglot. His mother was from the village of Ghazir. The teenage Shamun was enlisted as a clerk to Emir Bashir Shihab II and as a tutor to his children. The young princes were contemptuous of their adolescent teacher who lost his temper because of his pupils constant defiance and slapped the eldest of them in the face. When confronted by Emir Bashir, Shamun exhibited courage and rectitude and justified his act by saying that it was his duty to tutor and educate the princes so that they become worthy of their fathers standing. The impressed Emir Bachir replied to Shamun by God, you are truly one valiant spirited steed! and rewarded him with a large purse of gold coins and a permanent appointment as court clerk and instructor which
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