Ameen Rihani Quotes


If I had in me something that inspires people towards the good and raises them one step on the ladder of mental and spiritual progress, I want to show it by example, indication, and deduction, not by preaching, threatening, and conspiring.


Citations

Rihani, Ameen. Al-Rihaniyat. Al-Matba'ah al-Ilmiyah, 1910.

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Ameen Rihani
Ameen Rihani
  • Born: November 24, 1876
  • Died: September 13, 1940
  • Nationality: Lebanese, American
  • Profession: Writer

Ameen Rihani (Amīn Fāris Anṭūn ar-Rīḥānī), 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.