Film, Video Ameen Rihani: The Book of Khalid
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- Title
- Ameen Rihani: The Book of Khalid
- Summary
- The Library of Congress and the Ameen Rihani Institute presented a symposium on the 100th anniversary of the first Arab-American novel, Ameen Rihani's "The Book of Khalid."
- Event Date
- March 29, 2011
- Notes
- - Stephen Sheehi is an associate Professor at the University of South Carolina.
- - Muhanned Salhi is Arab world specialist in the Near East Section at the Library of Congress.
- - Geoffrey Nash is senior lecturer at the University of Sunderland.
- - Christopher Murphy is head of the Near East Section at the Library of Congress.
- - Wail S. Hassan is an associate Professor at the University of Illinois.
- - Nathan Funk is an assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo.
- - Todd Fine is director of Project Khalid.
- - Mary Jane Deeb is chief of the African and Middle Eastern Division at the Library of Congress.
- - Antoine Chedid is Ambassador of Lebanon to the United States.
- - Suheil Bushrui is senior research scholar at the University of Maryland.
- - Dr. James H. Billington is the 13th Librarian of Congress.
- - Hani Bawardi is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
- - Roger Allen is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
- - Saad Albazei serves on the Shura Council of Saudi Arabia.
- Related Resources
- African & Middle Eastern Reading Room : https://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/
- Running Time
- 4 hours 53 minutes 52 seconds
- Online Format
- video
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