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Freike is a village in Metn District of Mount Lebanon. Twenty kilometers away from Beirut, its altitude is 500 meters above the sea with approximately 1200 habitants. Freike is a village known for the agriculture of grapes, fig trees, and olive trees.
Ameen Rihani Museum. In 1953 Albert Rihani founded a private museum in honor of his brother, Ameen Rihani. This museum was renovated in 1986 and now occupies the lower level of the Rihani home in Freike, Lebanon.
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.
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.
The State of Greater Lebanon (Arabic: دولة لبنان الكبرى, romanized: Dawlat Lubnān al-Kubra; French: État du Grand Liban), informally known as French Lebanon, was a state declared on 1 September 1920, which became the Lebanese Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية اللبنانية al-Jumhūrīyah al-Lubnānīyah ...
Dec 5, 2018 · Today, the Ameen Rihani Museum in Freike, Lebanon preserves his work. The collection itself started in 1897 and includes many rare historical articles and artifacts. With the help of Rihani’s family, the Ameen Rihani Foundation, and an international body of scholars, Rihani’s collection continues to grow today.
The Philosopher of Freike, Author of the Greater City. This book, written by Ameen Albert Rihani, the internationally renowned authority on the "philosopher of Freike" and founder and custodian of the world-famous Rihani Museum, is the most comprehensive intellectual biography on Ameen Rihani.
