Mahjar

English

Etymology

From Arabic الْمَهْجَر (al-mahjar).

Proper noun

Mahjar (uncountable)

1. (literature) A literary movement started by Arabic-speaking writers who had emigrated to America from Ottoman-ruled Lebanon, Syria and Palestine at the turn of the 20th century.

Related terms

• Mahjari

Further reading

• Mahjar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia