Amin al-Rihani

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Amin al-Rihani in October 1913

Amin al-Rihani (أمين الريحاني; English also Ameen Rihani ; * 1876 in Freike , Lebanon ; † September 13, 1940 in Freike) was a Lebanese writer .

He was born the eldest of six children to the Maronite silk manufacturer Al-Rihani and immigrated to New York City at the age of twelve . There he continued his mostly self-taught training and worked in his father's export trade. He dealt with literature at an early age.

He traveled several times to his homeland and neighboring countries. He became a personal friend of Ibn Saud , who later became King of Saudi Arabia . He is considered a theoretician of Arab nationalism and Arab unity and campaigned for the secularization of Arab states. He also supported the Palestinian question at the beginning of the 20th century. Al-Rihani was an important exponent of the Mahjar literary movement, which was developed by Arab emigrants in North America.

Works

  • The Holy Land: Whose to Have and to Hold? in: The Bookman, XLVI (September 1917), 8-14
  • Palestine Arabs Claim To Be Fighting For National Existence, in: Current History, XXXI (November 1919), 269-279
  • Zionism and the Peace of the World, in The Nation CXXIX (October 2, 1929)
  • Is Palestine Safe for Zionism, in: Palestine and Transjordan, I (November 21, 1936)
  • Palestine and the Proposed Arab Federation, in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, (November 1932)

literature

  • Samir Kassir : Histoire de Beyrouth. Fayard, Paris, p. 394
  • Maher Charif: Rihanat al-Nahda fi'l-fikr al-`arabi, Dar al-Mada, Damascus 2000
  • Lawrence Davidson: Debating Palestine. Arab American Challenges to Zionism 1917-1932. in Michael Suleiman ed. Arabs in America: Building a New Future Temple UP, Philadelphia 1999, pp. 227-240
  • C. Ernest Dawn: The Origins of Arab Nationalism. in Rashid Khalidi & L. Anderson & M. Muslih eds .: The Origins of Arab Nationalism. Columbia UP, New York 1991, p. 11

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SURNAME Rihani, Amin al-
ALTERNATIVE NAMES أمين الريحاني; Rihani, Ameen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lebanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Freike , Lebanon
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1940
Place of death Freike