Mahjar
Meanings
name
- 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.
Word forms
Etymology
From Arabic الْمَهْجَر (al-mahjar).
Related words
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