Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Ameen Rihani

Born: November 24, 1876
Died: September 13, 1940 (aged 63)
Bio: Ameen Rihani , was a Lebanese 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.
Known for:
- The Book of Khalid (1911)
- Maker of modern Arabia (1928)
- Ibn Sa'oud of Arabia (1928)
- Myrtle and myrrh