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Ameen Rihani

1876 - 1940

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Ameen Rihani (Amīn Fāris Anṭūn ar-Rīḥānī; Arabic: أمين الريحاني / ALA-LC: Amīn ar-Rīḥānī; November 24, 1876 – September 13, 1940) was a Lebanese-American writer, intellectual and political activist. He was also a major figure in the mahjar literary movement developed by Arab emigrants in North America, and an early theorist of Arab nationalism. He became an American citizen in 1901. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ameen Rihani is the 4,541st most popular writer (down from 4,074th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Syria (down from 149th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Syrian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ameen Rihani ranks 4,541 out of 7,302. Before him are José María Heredia y Heredia, Vera Inber, Bolesław Leśmian, R. K. Narayan, Vera Panova, and Runer Jonsson. After him are Robert Edmond Grant, Paul Bekker, Teffi, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Francis de Miomandre, and Jane Bowles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Ameen Rihani ranks 157. Before him are Gwen John, Stan Rowley, Harriet Brooks, Alaiza Pashkevich, Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, and Albert Bruce Jackson. After him are Alexandros Papanastasiou, Henri Hérouin, Paul Rivet, H. B. Warner, Max O. Lorenz, and Nikolay Burdenko. Among people deceased in 1940, Ameen Rihani ranks 143. Before him are Janne Lundblad, Juan Carreño, David Hammond, Ervin Mészáros, Gheorghe Argeșanu, and Adam Zamenhof. After him are Einar Benediktsson, Otto Toeplitz, Nathanael West, Martti Marttelin, Edgar Adams, and Paul Passy.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Ameen Rihani ranks 168 out of 210. Before him are Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (1954), Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid (1867), Burhan Ghalioun (1945), Rezin (null), Nazik al-Abid (1898), and Issam Zahreddine (1961). After him are Suheil al-Hassan (1970), Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi (920), Zakaria Tamer (1931), Ila-kabkabu (-1850), George Wassouf (1961), and Ali Farzat (1951).

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Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Ameen Rihani ranks 23. Before him are Buhturi (819), Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855), Jacob of Edessa (633), Elia Abu Madi (1890), Rafik Schami (1946), and Francis Marrash (1837). After him are Zakaria Tamer (1931), Wafa Sultan (1958), Samar Yazbek (1970), and Dima Khatib (1971).

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