Amine Rihani (left), with King Abdel-Aziz of Saudi Arabia in the early 1920s. (Photo Amine Rihani Organization)
In 1924, the Scientific Printing Press in Beirut published a political treatise in a travel journal, dubbed Muluk al-Arab (Arabic for Kings of the Arabs), which Amine Rihani wrote as he traveled throughout the Arabian Peninsula. This publishing success, which has been reprinted at least eight times, most recently in 2016, celebrates its centenary this year.In this book, Rihani ponders the mechanisms of a possible reform towards a union that would enable the Arabs to have political and economic weight on the international stage, drawing on their own culture and the oil and gas-rich land.The migrant’s point of viewRihani, a prolific writer with some 70 publications, is a leading author of the Mahjar literary movement that brought together Arab thinkers who lived in the United States at the end of the 19th century. This Lebanese migrant...
In 1924, the Scientific Printing Press in Beirut published a political treatise in a travel journal, dubbed Muluk al-Arab (Arabic for Kings of the Arabs), which Amine Rihani wrote as he traveled throughout the Arabian Peninsula. This publishing success, which has been reprinted at least eight times, most recently in 2016, celebrates its centenary this year.In this book, Rihani ponders the mechanisms of a possible reform towards a union that would enable the Arabs to have political and economic weight on the international stage, drawing on their own culture and the oil and gas-rich land.The migrant’s point of viewRihani, a prolific writer with some 70 publications, is a leading author of the Mahjar literary movement that brought together Arab thinkers who lived in the United States at the end of the 19th century. This Lebanese...
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