Work-related Project on Climate Change
I’ve been working on the annotation project on the side (sometimes visiting the Ameen Rihani archive at the Library of Congress), and hopefully I will get an initial version online sometime soon. I am exploring whether it should be done through a Wiki, but I have had difficulty finding an appropriate Wiki technology for creating annotated works.
Meanwhile, I’ve been working at the Center for Defense Information in Washington, where I just developed a visual demonstration of possible conflict scenarios under climate change. You can take a look at the subdomain http://cdi.projectkhalid.org.
Renunciation by Ameen Rihani
At eventide the Pilgrim came
And knocked at the Belovèd’s door.
“Who’s there?” a voice within, “thy name?”
“‘Tis I,” he said.–”Then knock no more.
As well ask thou a lodging of the sea,–
There is no room herein for thee and me.”
The Pilgrim went again his way
And dwelt with Love upon the shore
Of self-oblivion; and one day
He knocked again at the Belovèd’s door.
“Who’s there?” ”It is thyself,” he now replied,
And suddenly the door was open wide.
Ameen Rihani, “Renunciation. A Poem,” Harper’s Monthly Magazine, 131:783, August 1915, p.339
The Book of Khalid 1.0
After a good amount of effort, I am happy to announce that the first HTML e-book of Ameen Rihani’s The Book of Khalid is now posted. I hope that a good number of people will read it and that this website and associated blog can become a forum for discussion and the pursuit of related projects.
Of course, one can also order a print version from the Ameen Rihani Organization.
Reactions to The Book of Khalid
When I finished reading the novel in Summer 2007, I desperately wanted to express my thoughts to others. Unlike Khalid, I was not quite ready to burn the novel. Unfortunately, despite its relevancy to today’s world, I found very few who had consumed the work. I encourage readers to respond to this post to express their initial reactions and read others’ responses.
