Project Khalid
Project Khalid

The Book of Khalid: Archive, Monument, and Future Work

Centennial Campaign Record

Preserved mission text, advisory roster, and press links from the original 100th-anniversary campaign.

Centennial Campaign Purpose (Archived)

Project Khalid was launched to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ameen Rihani's The Book of Khalid (1911), widely presented by the original site as the first Arab-American novel.

Read the text: The Book of Khalid on Project Gutenberg.

The archived mission text emphasized that the novel's themes remained urgent: American-Arab relations, religious conflict, immigration, and cultural dialogue. It framed the campaign as a public effort to restore Rihani's profile in U.S. cultural life while connecting his work to contemporary civic and artistic conversations.

The original campaign description also stated that activities included new educational editions of the novel, public symposia and events, and coordinated print/online media outreach during the centennial year.

Centennial Editions and Publication Outcomes

As part of the campaign's long publication arc, Project Khalid materials and archived posts document two modern editions of The Book of Khalid: one through Melville House and one through Syracuse University Press.

Cover of The Book of Khalid, Melville House / Neversink Library edition.
Melville House / Neversink Library (2012)
Announced on the original site as part of centennial programming. Archived announcement.
Cover of The Book of Khalid, Syracuse University Press critical edition.
Syracuse University Press Critical Edition (2016)
Campaign materials repeatedly described this critical-edition project under contract; the edition later appeared in print. Edition record.

Legacy Imagery

The images below are recovered from the original Project Khalid website and presented here as archival design elements.

Archived Project Khalid banner image for the Library of Congress symposium.
Archived image tile from the original site: An Extraordinary Man.
Original homepage tile: "An Extraordinary Man."
Archived image tile from the original site: Khalid's Call.
Original homepage tile: "Khalid's Call."
Archived Project Khalid press coverage slider image.
Original slider visual used for press coverage.
Archived Project Khalid event image from the old slider.
Original slider visual: 2011 book award ceremony.

Leadership and Advisors (Archived Roster)

Source page: Leadership - Project Khalid

Project Khalid was administered by the Ameen Rihani Institute (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the United States), with a global advisory board and a campaign-specific advisory council.

Director

  • Todd Fine: Described on the original site as director of the centennial campaign, a Harvard graduate with an International Relations master's degree from Syracuse University's Maxwell School, and editor of a planned critical edition of The Book of Khalid.

Advisory Council

  • Dr. Saad Albazei: Scholar of literature; former professor at King Saud University; member of Saudi Arabia's Shura Council; president of the Riyadh Literary Club.
  • Dr. Suheil Bushrui: Senior Research Scholar at the University of Maryland; authority on Kahlil Gibran; former cultural advisor/interpreter to the President of Lebanon.
  • Dr. Nathan Funk: International relations scholar; Assistant Professor at Conrad Grebel University College (University of Waterloo); editor of Ameen Rihani: Bridging East and West.
  • Gamal Helal: President of Helal Enterprises; former diplomat and senior Arabic interpreter for multiple U.S. presidents and secretaries of state.
  • Rami Khouri: Director of the Issam Fares Institute at AUB; columnist and editor-at-large of the Daily Star; member of multiple academic and policy councils.
  • Amb. David Mack: Former U.S. ambassador to the UAE and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs; later Senior Vice President of the Middle East Institute.
  • Amb. Clovis Maksoud: Professor of International Relations at American University; former League of Arab States representative to the UN; former senior editor at Al-Ahram and Al-Nahar Weekly.
  • Amb. Marwan Muasher: Vice President for Studies at Carnegie Endowment; former Jordanian foreign minister and deputy prime minister.
  • Dr. Abdul Aziz Said: Senior professor of international relations at American University; founder of AU's Center for Global Peace and IPCR Division.
  • The Rihani Family of Washington, D.C.: Listed on the original advisory page.

Events Record (Archived)

Primary source page: Events - Project Khalid

Related archived pages:

The archived events page described an international speaking and programming calendar across the United States, Europe, and the Arab world during the centennial period.

Past Events (As Published on the Archived Events Page)

  • Princeton University, 4 October 2010
  • Syracuse University, 5 October 2010
  • University of Sydney, 25 November 2010
  • Yale University, 25 January 2011
  • Department of Education Training for New Jersey Teachers, 25-26 March 2011
  • Library of Congress, 29 March 2011
  • American University (Washington, D.C.), 13 April 2011
  • American University of Beirut, 26 April 2011
  • Lebanese American University, 27 April 2011
  • Notre Dame University (Lebanon), 28 April 2011
  • Gulf University for Science and Technology (Kuwait), 5 May 2011
  • Wright State University (Dayton, Ohio), 10 May 2011
  • Women's National Republican Club, 24 May 2011
  • Salaam Club (New York City), 25 May 2011
  • Georgetown University, 1 August 2011
  • The Interchurch Center (New York City), 9 September 2011
  • Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 27 September 2011
  • New York Public Library, 25 October 2011
  • Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Seminary, Washington, D.C. (LAU Alumni Event), 13 November 2011
  • Arab-American Club of Youngstown, Ohio, 19 November 2011
  • Education City, Doha, Qatar, Northwestern University Campus, 30 November 2011
  • Qatar University, 5 December 2011
  • Al-Bayan School for Girls (Qatar), 5 December 2011
  • Gulf University of Science and Technology, Kuwait, 4 December 2012
  • Kuwait University, 5 December 2012
  • King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, 12 December 2012
  • Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, Connecticut, 4 April 2012
  • Syracuse University (Ameen Rihani Bust Unveiling), 6 April 2012
  • Melville House, Brooklyn, New York, 28 June 2012
  • Battery Park, Flock House, Manhattan, New York, 29 June 2012
  • Peace Corps Headquarters, Washington, D.C., 6 September 2012

Archived Talk Framing

The archived events page also included a recurring talk theme: "The 100th Anniversary of the First Arab-American Novel: Ameen Rihani's Uncanny Message in The Book of Khalid," emphasizing literary merit, Arab-American history, and public dialogue.

Press Coverage Record (Archived Links)

Source page: Press Coverage - Project Khalid

Legacy links are intentionally preserved as originally published, including links that may now be dead. Missing links are noted below, not removed.

Media Contact and Photo Archive

Television

Radio

Print

Missing Link Notes (Retained URLs)

All legacy URLs remain in place. If retrieval failed during reconstruction, those links are listed below and retained for posterity.

Automated status pass summary: 54 links scanned, 19 unique entries with extracted text (3 live, 16 archived/PDF), 28 unavailable or no-text, 6 video links, 1 duplicate mirror collapsed.

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Press Clippings Text Archive (Anchored)

The links below jump to on-site clipping text anchors extracted from the provided press clipping PDF, so text remains available even when legacy URLs are missing.

This archive is extracted from the supplied press clipping PDF and stored locally on this site.

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Continuity With Current Work

The centennial campaign archive is now connected to ongoing Project Khalid work on the Sara Ouhaddou monument in Elizabeth Berger Plaza, long-term study of The Book of Khalid, and AI-assisted translation and artistic production.