Ar-Rabitah al-Qalamiyah
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Ar-Rabitah al-Qalamiyah was a pioneering early 20th-century Arabic literary society of Mahjar (diaspora) writers, best known for promoting modernist, humanist trends in Arabic literature from its base in the Americas.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic literary society
ⓘ
Mahjar literary movement ⓘ diaspora writers’ association ⓘ literary society ⓘ |
| hasActivityPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasFoundingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasGenreFocus |
essay
ⓘ
novel ⓘ poetry ⓘ prose ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
bridge Arab and Western cultures through literature
ⓘ
express diaspora Arab identity ⓘ promote literary experimentation ⓘ reform Arabic literary language ⓘ |
| hasIdeology |
cosmopolitanism
ⓘ
humanism ⓘ literary modernism ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Arab literary modernism
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Mahjar literature canon ⓘ modern Arabic poetry ⓘ modern Arabic prose ⓘ |
| hasKeyTheme |
East–West cultural encounter
ⓘ
critique of social conservatism ⓘ cultural renewal ⓘ exile and diaspora experience ⓘ humanism in Arabic literature ⓘ individualism ⓘ modernism in Arabic literature ⓘ spiritual universalism ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
considered a pioneering Mahjar literary circle
ⓘ
helped shape 20th-century Arabic literary renewal ⓘ |
| hasLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMediumOfExpression | Arabic-language periodicals in the Americas ⓘ |
| hasMovement | Mahjar literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInEnglish | The Pen League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Abd al-Masih Haddad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Albert Adib NERFINISHED ⓘ Amin Rihani NERFINISHED ⓘ Elia Abu Madi NERFINISHED ⓘ Gibran Khalil Gibran NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikha’il Na‘ima NERFINISHED ⓘ Najeeb Armanious NERFINISHED ⓘ Nasib Arida NERFINISHED ⓘ Rashid Ayyub NERFINISHED ⓘ Wadi‘ Bahout NERFINISHED ⓘ William Catzeflis NERFINISHED ⓘ other Arab Mahjar writers in North America ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryEthnicBackgroundOfMembers |
Lebanese
GENERATED
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Syrian GENERATED ⓘ broader Levantine Arab GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasRegion | the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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