Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Ameen Rihani: A Meeting Point Between Two Cultures Chapter 3 Preface: A Cultural Symbol Chapter 4 Acknowledgments Chapter 5 Introduction Chapter 6 Ameen Rihani's Imagination Liberation Movement Chapter 7 Part I: The Path of Reconciliation: The Expression of Tolerance in Rihani's Thought: More Than Tolerance: Rihani on Intercultural Reconciliation; Cross-Cultural Approaches of Reconciliation: Ameen Rihani and H.G. Wells; The Search for Peace and East Chapter 8 Part II: Convergent Horizons: Rihani, Carlyle, Emerson, Thoreau, and Tolstoy: Rihani and Carlyle on Revolution and Modernity; Rihani, Emerson, and Thoreau; Leo Tolstoy and Ameen Rihani: The Interaction Between Two Creative Worlds Chapter 9 Part III: The Importance of Belonging and Universalism: The Formation of a Universal Self: Rihani and Byron; Ameen Rihani's Vision of Globalization: A Matrimony, Not Hegemony; Ameen Rihani: Daring to Dream Chapter 10 Part IV: Understanding Peace Within Oneself, with Others, and Among Nations: Understanding Peace Through Rihani's Spirituality; Rihani's Peace; Ameen Rihani's Humanist Vision of Arab Nationalism Chapter 11 Supplication (An-Najwa Prayer) by Ameen F. Rihani Chapter 12 Biography on Ameen Rihani Chapter 13 Timetable of Events in Ameen F. Rihani's Life and in the World Chapter 14 List of Rihani's Selected Works Chapter 15 Biographies of Editors and Contributors

About the Author

Nathan C. Funk is Assistant Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Betty J. Sitka is co-founder and Associate Director, Center for Global Peace at American University, Washington, D.C. Sitka received her Master's Degree in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University.