Ameen Albert Rihani

Ameen Albert Rihani (born July 5, 1942 in Beirut) is a university professor, scholar and administrator.

Ameen Albert Rihani is the author of seventeen books and a number of journal articles.

A special entry introduced him in the Encyclopedia of the 21st Century Intellectuals, published in Cambridge, U.K. 2008 [8] In March 2010, Ameen Albert Rihani was chosen among ten other authors from the American University of Beirut for an honorary ceremony in recognition of “his distinguished contributions in the world of literature”.

On February 26, 2014, Notre Dame University organized a symposium around the works of Ameen Albert Rihani.

Professor Zahia Darwiche Jabbour, the Secretary General of the Lebanese National Commission for UNESCO, among other speakers, highlighted the multicultural intellectual aspect of Rihani's works as an example for scholars of the 21st century.