1. The Mahjar Poetes

2. Emigration
The Arts (al-funun) - Nasib Aridah
Al-Sa’ih-Haddad
The Pen Association Jibran, Nuaymah

3. Jibran Khalil Jibran

4. Priest of Mahjer movment
Rebelious romantic
Anti-clerical
Books: The Prophet, Jesus Son of Man, sand and foam
Themes:
- The soul has a separate existence above the impurity and adulteration of the body. (neo-Platonic)
- The poet as a prophet-like figure, an enlightened individual who is not in harmony with the rest of the society which is incapable of his vision and insight. (romantic)

5. The Processions (al-Mawakib) 1919
- Two voices each has its own meter
- Dialogue
The Forest (al-Ghab): ideal life represented in the purity of nature.

6. Mikha’il Na’aymah

7. Orthodox seminary in Ukraine.
Acquainted with theatre, opera, ballet, and Russian literature.
Graduated from the university of Seattle 1916.
Introduced freedom of expression.
Believed that the soul of the poet can produce rhyme and meter.
Advocate the incorrect use of grammar and syntax.
Message passes from the soul of the writer to the soul of the reader

8. Ilya Abu Madi

9. Received little formal education
Provided musical expression to the mahjer movement.
Poetic narratives
Poetry of moods and ideas (romanticism and attitude to the existence).
Later works (human condition, metaphysical doubt, uncertainty)
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