Mahjar movement

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The Mahjar movement was a literary trend led by Arab émigré writers in the Americas who pioneered modernist themes and styles in Arabic literature, emphasizing exile, identity, and cultural renewal.

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instanceOf Arabic literary movement
literary movement
modernist movement
hasCharacteristic critique of tradition
emphasis on individualism
experimentation with prose poetry
spiritual universalism
use of free verse
hasCountryOfOrigin Greater Syria
Lebanon
Ottoman Syria
hasForm essay
novel
poetry
short story
hasGenre modernist literature
hasKeyFigure Abd al-Masih Haddad
Ameen Rihani
Elia Abu Madi
Jibran Khalil Jibran
surface form: Gibran Khalil Gibran

Mikhail Naimy
hasLanguage Arabic
hasLocation Argentina
Brazil
New York City
North America
South America
United States of America
surface form: United States
hasMainSubject Arab diaspora
Arabic literature
cultural renewal
exile
identity
hasOrganization Al-Usbah al-Andalusiyya
Ar-Rabitah al-Qalamiyah
Pen League
hasTheme East–West encounter
alienation
cultural hybridity
migration
nostalgia for homeland
influenced Arab literary modernism
modern Arabic poetry
modern Arabic prose
influencedBy European literary modernism
Romanticism
movementParticipant Abd al-Masih Haddad
Ameen Rihani
Elia Abu Madi
Jibran Khalil Jibran
surface form: Gibran Khalil Gibran

Mikhail Naimy
Naseeb Arida
Rashid Ayyub
startTime early 20th century
late 19th century

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Arabic literature hasImportantMovement Mahjar movement