Ameen Albert Rihani, Vice President for Academic Affairs, is professor of Arab-American Literature and twentieth century Arab thought. His administrative responsibilities are featured with a focus on academic and faculty development. Professor Rihani is heading the Steering Committee in preparation for accreditation. His recent book, Multiculturalism and Arab-American Literature, is the result of long research, followed by several papers and lectures presented at American universities such as: Yale, Maryland University, and the American University of Washington. His academic interests focus on the unpublished works, papers, and letters, written in English, by the founding fathers of Arab-American literature during the first half of the twentieth century. Professor Rihani is the author of fifteen books, editor and/or translator of three others, and numerous articles published in co-authored books, refereed journals, and conference proceedings. Member of several international associations such as the Association of College Administration Professionals (ACAP), and the Association for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE), Professor Rihani is the recipient of literary awards and subject of reviews and books referring to his works.

Ph.D., Bilingual Literature, Lebanese University, Lebanon, 1996.

Ph. D., (A.B.D.), Comparative Literature, the American University of Beirut (A.U.B.) Lebanon, 1981.

M.A., Modern Arabic Literature, A.U.B., 1971

B.A., Political Science, A.U.B., 1965.

Books

Rihani, A. A. (2009). The Neigh of Perplexed Songs (Saheel-ul ‘Aghaani-l Haa’irah; an experimental journey in the brushwood of language).Beirut: Dar An-Nahar.

Rihani, A. A.. (2007). Multiculturalism and Arab-American Literature Washington D.C.: Platform International.

Rihani, A. A.. (2006). Quitar wa la Maħattah (A Train without a Station). Beirut, Lebanon, and Stockholm, Sweden: Nelson Publishing House.

Rihani, A. A.. (2002). ‘Ushbat-ul Mada’en (Cities’ Grass). Beirut: Dar An-Nahar.

Rihani, A. A.. (2000). Al-Yanabi’-ul Mansiyyah (Forgotten Springs). Beirut: Riad El-Rayyes Books Ltd.

Rihani, A. A.. (1999). Tuqus-ul Maa’, Rasa’il Ila Serene (Water Rituals, Letters to Serene). Beirut: Dar Sader Publishers.

Rihani, A. A.. (1996). ‘Aqaleem-un Nafs-il Mutamadiya (Provinces of a Far Going Soul). Beirut: Dar Al-Jadeed.

Rihani, A. A.. (1994). Lughaat Ārabiyyah (Arabic Languages). Beirut: Dar Al-Jadeed.

Rihani, A. A.. (1987). Wa Yasqutu-l-‘Umru Ān Darraja (And Life Falls from a Bicycle). Beirut: First Edition: Dar Al-Jeel; (2000). Second Edition: Dar Al-Jeel.

Rihani, A. A.. (1987). Faylasuf-ul Furaika Saħib-ul Madinat-il ‘Uzhma (The Philosopher of Freike, Author of the Great City). First Edition: Beirut: Dar Al-Jeel; (2000). Second Edition: Dar Al-Jeel.

Rihani, A. A.. (1983). Al-Khasm-ul Habeeb (The Beloved Enemy) tr. from English. Author of original work: Mary Weberly. Nicosia, New York, Toronto: Harlequin Publishing.

Rihani, A. A.. (1982). Maraya Muta’akisa (Confronting Mirrors). Beirut: Dar Al-Kitab Al-Lubnani.

Rihani, A. A.. (1981). Qira’at Āla Wajhiha Wa-r-Raheel (Readings on Her Face and Departure). Beirut: The Arab Institute for Research and Publishing.

Rihani, A. A.. (1980). Madar-ul-Kalima (The Word’s Wandering Sphere). Beirut: Dar Al-Kitab Al-Lubnani.

Rihani, A. A.. (1980). Al-‘Āhd-ul Jadeed (The New Testament) tr., from King James Edition. Beirut: The Arab World Publications; (1981). Second Edition: Cairo: The Arab World Publications; (1982). Third Edition: Bombay: The Arab World Publications.

Rihani, A. A.. (1980). Al-‘Āmaal-ul ‘Ārabiyah-l Kamilah li-Ameen ar-Rihani (The Complete Arabic Works of Ameen [F.] ar-Rihani) ed. Beirut: The Arab Institute for Research and Publishing, 9 Volumes.

Rihani, A. A.. (1977). Qualamon Yafuk-ur-Rasd (The Breakthrough Pen) Beirut: First Edition: Dar Al-Kitab Al-Lubnani; (1977). Second Edition: Dar Al-Kitab Al-Misri, Cairo.

Rihani, A. A.. (1970). ‘Ala Difaf-il-‘Urjuan (On the Edge of the Purple). Beirut: The Rihani Printing and Publishing House.

Rihani, A. A.. (1966). Luma’ Mashrikiya (Oriental Sparkles) Beirut: The Rihani Printing and Publishing House.

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Articles and/or Chapters in Books

Rihani, A. A., (2009). G. Shami fi-l Fatrati-l Harijah (G. Shami in Embarrassing Times) (pp. 185-187); Intiza’-uth Thaat min Atheeri-s Sabaah (A Self Withdrawal from Morning Wind) (pp. 267-268). Nadwat-ul  ‘Ibda’ (Panels of Creativity). Beirut: Dar Alef Publishers.

Rihani, A. A. (2004). Isharat-ud Dahsha fi Kitab Abdullah (The Signs of Glare in Antoun G. Karam’s Book of Abdullah), an introduction to The Book of Abdullah ( pp. 7-20). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar An-Nahar.

Rihani, A. A.. (2003). H. G. Wells and The Shape of Things to Come, The Millennial Lecture Series (pp. 79-85). Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Rihani, A. A.. (2003). Al-Mukaddimah” (Introduction) to The Book of Divinity by Bishop Youssef Chamoun Assemani (pp. 7-54). Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Rihani, A. A.. (2002). Ameen F. Rihani and Multicultural Themes, Multicultural Writers from Antiquity to 1945 (pp. 352-355). Connecticut and London: Greenwood Press.

Rihani, A. A.. (2002). Mamlakat-ul Isharaat fi ‘Adab Antoun Ghattas Karam (The Kingdom of Signals in the Literature of Antoun G. Karam), Antoun Ghattas Karam (pp. 24-37). Beirut: Ahl-ul Fikr Publications.

Rihani, A. A.. (2001). Al-Mukaddimah” (Introduction) to The Isagoge or Introduction to Logic by Fr. Boutros Al Toulāwy (pp. 7-40). Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Rihani, A. A.. (1989). Mafhum-ul Ħadatha fi-sh-Shi’r Al-‘Ārabi-l Mu’assir (The Notion of Modernism in Contemporary Arabic Poetry), Al-Marbid Poetry Book (pp. 5-21). Baghdad, Iraq: Ministry of Culture Publications.

Rihani, A. A.. (1988). Al-‘Isti’arah fi-sh-Shi’r Al-‘Ārabi-l Ħadeeth (The Metaphore in Modern Arabic Poetry), Al-Marbid Poetry Book (pp. 3-19). Baghdad: Ministry of Culture Publications.

Rihani, A. A.. (1988). Al-Ħawafez wan-Nata’ej li-Katiben Ārabi Yaktubu bil-Inkliziyyah (Incentives and Results of an Arab Writer Writing in English), A Renaissance Pioneer From Lebanon (pp. 257-281). Beirut: The League of Lebanese Writers, Dar Al-‘Ilm Lil-Malayeen.

Rihani, A. A.. (1987). Jathibiyyat-ul Ħayaat fi ‘Adab Tawfic Y. Awwad (Life, a Center of Gravity, in the Literature of T. Y. Awwad), Tawfic Y. Awwad Literary Studies (pp. 129-137). Beirut: Librairie du Liban.

Rihani, A. A.. (1981). Kahlil Gibran and Ameen Rihani”, In Memory of Gibran, Edited and Introduced by Dr. Suheil Bushrui and Dr. Albert Mutlak, (pp. 75-100). Beirut: Librairie du Liban Publishers.

Rihani, A. A.. (1980). Mukaddimat-ul-‘Āmaal-l-‘Ārabiyah-l-Kamilah li-Ameen ar-Rihani (Introduction to the Arabic Complete Works of Ameen Rihani), The Arabic Complete Works of Ameen Rihani (Vol. I, pp. a-r). Beirut: The Arab Institute for Research and Publishing.

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Refereed Journal Articles

Rihani, A. A. (2006). Mann Kaanat America fi Matla’ al-Qarn al-‘Ishreen (Who was America during the Early Twentieth Century) Al-Hilal Journal, Cairo: August issue, pp. 64-68.

Rihani, A. A.. (2006). Tuhamun Tusee’u ‘Ila Rumuz-i Thaqafatina al-Ārabiyah wal Āalamiyah” (Accusations Harming our Arab and World Cultural Icons), Al-Hilal Journal, July issue, pp. 123-127.

Rihani, A. A.. (2006) Ar-Rihani, Rasa’el wa Mustanadat wa Watha’eq” (Rihani, Letters, Documents, and Records), Weghat Nazar Journal, Cairo: June issue, pp. 45-50.

Rihani, A. A.. (2003). Al-Ightisal bi Maa’ i-sh Shams, Bidaayatu Seeraten Thatiyyah” (A Bath in the Sun’s Water, the Beginning of an Autobiography), Kuwait: Al-Arabi Journal, April issue, pp. 88-95.

Rihani, A. A.. (2000-2001). An-Nass-ul ‘Adabi wa-t Tamakkun mina-l Lugha (The Literary Text and the Command of Language) Al-Fikr Al-Arabi Al-Mu’asser Journal, Beirut: Autumn-Winter issue, pp. 83-88.

Rihani, A. A.. (1998). The University Degree, an Employment Tool or a Tool for a Productive Culture, The Scientific Research Journal, Beirut: The National Council for Scientific Research, December issue, pp. 15-21.

Rihani, A. A.. (1997). A Literary Description of Bahrain during the Third Decade of the Twentieth Century, Bahrain Cultural Studies Journal, Manama, Bahrain: July issue, pp. 23-30.

Rihani, A. A.. (1981). Ameen ar-Rihani al-Mu’arrekh (Rihani the Historian), Beirut: Tareekh-ul ‘Arab Journal, June issue, pp. 33-41.

Rihani, A. A.. (1980). Mafaheem–ul Fikr as-Siyassi lada Ramz min Rumouz-il Adab-il Arabiyi-l Hadeeth (Principles of the Political Thought of a Major Figure in Modern Arabic Literature), Qadaya ‘Ārabiya (Arab Issues Journal), Beirut, and Baghdad: January issue, pp. 63-75.

Rihani, A. A.. (1979). Māna-l Ūruba fi Fikr ar-Rayhani (The Meaning of Arabism in Rihani’s Thought), Qadaya ‘Arabiya (Arab Issues Journal), Beirut, and Baghdad: September issue, pp. 231-248.

Conference Proceedings

Rihani, A. A. (2004). Cross Cultural Approaches to Reconciliation: the Case of Ameen Rihani and H. G. Wells, Ameen Rihani: Bridging East and West. Washington D.C.: University Press of America.

Rihani, A. A.. (2003) Al-Lughat-ul ‘Ārabiyyah ‘Amam Taħaddiyaat-il Lughaat-il ‘Oroppiyah (The Arabic Language Facing the Challenges of the European Languages), Al-Lughat-ul ‘Ārabiyyah Ila ‘Ain? (Where Goes the Arabic Language?). Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Rihani, A. A.. (2001). An-Nass-ul ‘Adabi wa-t Tamakkun mina-l Lugha (The Literary Text and the Command of Language), New Lebanese Curriculum for Languages. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Rihani, A. A.. (1999). The Book of Khalid and The Prophet, The Gibran International Conference Proceedings, College Park, MD: University of Maryland.

Rihani, A. A.. (1999). Letters of Intellectual Dialogue, May Ziade Conference Proceedings, Beirut: UNESCO Publications.

Rihani, A. A.. (1999). The Western Cultural Experience of Ameen F. Rihani, Khalil Gibran and Ameen Rihani: Prophets of Lebanese-American Literature. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Rihani, A. A.. (1999). Bain-al Āoulama wa Āalamiyyat-ul Ādab (Between Globalism and World Literature), Tanaghum Ath-Thaqafaat wa Waħdat-ul Insan (The Harmony of Cultures and the Unity of Man). Qornat Shehwan, Lebanon: International Conference Proceedings Publication.

Rihani, A. A.. (1998). Al-Hoda Multidimensional Role, Al-Hoda Centennial Tribute Symposium. New York: New York Historical Museum and Al-Hoda Publications.

Rihani, A. A.. (1995). Ālaaqat-ul ‘Usrah bit-Tarbiyah fi Mujtamaên Mutaghyyer (The Family’s Relation to Education in a Developing Society), Education in a Developing Society. Bahrain: Social Affairs Publications, Gulf Countries Council.