The Book of Khalid: Conference Marks Centennial of First Arab-American Novel

摘要

In 1911, Dodd, Mead and Co. in New York published "The Book of Khalid" by Ameen Rihani (1876-1940). The fictional account of two Lebanese boys, Khalid and Shakib, who immigrate to New York at the turn of the century is considered to be the first novel by an Arab-American written in English. Its themes still resonate today-relations between Americans and Arabs and the position of Arabs within the great American story of immigration.