Ameen Rihani : bridging East and West : a pioneering call for Arab-American understanding / edited by Nathan C. Funk, Betty J. Sitka

Published:: [Washington, D.C.] : Ameen Rihani Institute : American University Center for Global Peace ; Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2004]
Copyright Date:: ©2004
Physical Description:: xx, 181 pages ; 23 cm
Additional Creators:: Funk, Nathan C. and Sitka, Betty J.

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Foreword: Ameen Rihani: a meeting point between two cultures / HRH Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia -- Preface: A cultural symbol / Adonis -- Introduction: Ameen Rihani's Imagination Liberation Movement / Abdul Aziz Said, Nathan C. Funk -- PART I: THE PATH OF RECONCILIATION: THE EXPRESSION OF TOLERANCE IN RIHANI'S THOUGHT -- More than tolerance: Rihani on intercultural reconciliation / Nathan C. Funk -- Cross-cultural approaches to reconciliation: Ameen Rihani and H.G. Wells / Ameen Albert Rihani -- The search for peace and East-West reconciliation in Rihani's prose poetry / Terri DeYoung -- The limits of reconciliation: Rihani's view of state Zionism / Christopher Vasillopulos -- PART II: CONVERGENT HORIZONS: RIHANI, CARLYLE, EMERSON, THOREAU AND TOLSTOY -- Rihani and Carlyle on revolution and modernity / Geoffrey P. Nash -- Rihani, Emerson and Thoreau / Dr. Walter Edward Dunnavent III -- Leo Tolstoy and Ameen Rihani: the interaction between two creative worlds / Mikhail Rodionov -- PART III: THE IMPORTANCE OF BELONGING AND UNIVERSALISM -- The formation of a universal self: Rihani and Byron / Naji Oueijan -- Ameen Rihani's vision of globalization: a matrimony, not hegemony / Nuwar Mawlawi Diah -- Ameen Rihani: daring to dream / Halim Barakat -- PART IV: UNDERSTANDING PEACE WITHIN ONESELF, WITH OTHERS, AND AMONG NATIONS -- Understanding peace: through Rihani's spirituality / Abdul Aziz Said -- Rihani's peace / Henry H. Melki -- Ameen Rihani's humanist vision of Arab nationalism / Nijmeh Hajjar.

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ISBN:

0761828605

Note:

Papers from the Ameen Rihani symposium, April 19-20, 2002, American University, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography Note:

"Ameen F. Rihani-selected works": pages 165-166.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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