Mahjar movement

E311965

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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mahjar movement canonical 5
Mahjar movement writers 1

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Statements (55)

Predicate Object
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 ⓘ
Gibran Khalil Gibran ⓘ
Mikhail Naimy ⓘ
hasLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasLocation Argentina ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Gibran Khalil Gibran ⓘ
Mikhail Naimy ⓘ
Naseeb Arida ⓘ
Rashid Ayyub ⓘ
startTime early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arabic literature → hasImportantMovement → Mahjar movement ⓘ
Al-Usbah al-Andalusiyya → movement → Mahjar movement ⓘ
Abd al-Masih Haddad → movement → Mahjar movement ⓘ
Mahjar literature → hasAlternativeName → Mahjar movement ⓘ
Elia Abu Madi → influencedBy → Mahjar movement writers ⓘ
linked to: Mahjar movement
Pen League → movement → Mahjar movement ⓘ