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Ameen Rihani (Amīn Fāris Anṭūn ar-Rīḥānī) (Arabic: أمين الريحاني / ALA-LC: Amīn ar-Rīḥānī; Freike, Lebanon, November 24, 1876 – September 13, 1940), was a Lebanese American writer, intellectual and political activist.
May 3, 2024 · Ameen Rihani was an Arab American novelist, poet, essayist, and political figure whose written works examined the differences and intersections between the categories of “East” and “West.” Rihani was born in a town northeast of Beirut during the period of Ottoman control.
Ameen Rihani Biography. Born in Freike, Lebanon, on November 24, 1876, Ameen Rihani was one of six children and the oldest son of a Lebanese Maronite raw silk manufacturer, then a flourishing local industry. His father had commercial ambitions which beckoned him to America.
Ameen Fares Rihani, who is regarded as a founder of Arab American literature and a major figure in the Mahjar movement, was born in Freike, Lebanon, then part of the Ottoman Empire, on November 24, 1876.
Ameen Rihani (1876 –1940), was a Lebanese Arab-American writer, intellectual and political activist. Well known as the Founding Father of Arab-American Literature, Rihani was also a major figure in the Mahjar literary movement established by Arab emigrants in North America, and an early theorist of Arab nationalism.
Ameen Rihani - The Founding Father of Arab-American Literature. The Book of Khaled.
Ameen Rihani (1876-1940) was a Lebanese-born Arab Christian who immigrated to the United States at the age of 12. One known fact was that he frequently visited the New York Public Library (NYPL) where he read many classics and studied English.
