Facts: - death place: freike , lebanon - relatives: ameen , sarmad rihani a. rihani , may rihani , ramzi rihani - period: 1876 -- 1940 - caption: rihani in 1916 - birth name: amin faris antun ar-rihani - notableworks: 29 works in english and 26 works in arabic - death date: 13 september 1940 - spouse: bertha case - birth date: 24 november 1876 - name: ameen rihani - movement: mahjar , new york pen league - nationality: lebanese-american - birth place: freike , mount lebanon , ottoman syria Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ameen rihani .
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ameen rihani -lrb- amin faris antun ar-rihani -rrb- -lrb- / ala-lc : '' amin ar-rihani '' ; 1876 -- 1940 -rrb- , was a lebanese arab-american writer , intellectual and political activist .he was also a major figure in the '' mahjar '' literary movement developed by arab emigrants in north america , and an early theorist of arab nationalism .he became an american citizen in 1901 .