Mahjar

Mahjar is the diaspora of Arabs around the world. It can also be a general term for the diaspora. The Pen League of Arab poets in the United States, which included writers like Rachid Ayoub, Ameen Rihani and Khalil Gibran, was often referred to as "al-Mahjar", and its members as the "Mahjar" or "Mahjari" poets.

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