''As-Sayeh'' ( ar, السائح, translit=al-Sāʼiḥ, translation=The Traveler) was an Arabic-language magazine founded in
New York City
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by
Abd al-Masih Haddad
Abd al-Masih Haddad ( ar, عبد المسيح حداد, ; 1890–1963) was a Syrian writer of the Mahjar movement and journalist.. His magazine '' As-Sayeh'' (''The Traveler''), started in 1912 and continued until 1957, presented the works of pr ...
in 1912.
[.] It continued to be published until 1957.
[.] It presented the works of prominent
Mahjar
The Mahjar ( ar, المهجر, translit=al-mahjar, one of its more literal meanings being "the Arab diaspora") was a literary movement started by Arabic-speaking writers who had emigrated to America from Ottoman-ruled Lebanon, Syria and Palestine ...
i literary figures in the United States (such as
Amin Rihani,
Kahlil Gibran
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,
Mikha'il Na'ima
Mikha'il Nu'ayma ( ar, ميخائيل نعيمة, ; US legal name: Michael Joseph Naimy), better known in English by his pen name Mikhail Naimy (October 17, 1889 – February 28, 1988), was a Lebanese poet, novelist, and philosopher, famous for ...
and
Elia Abu Madi) and became the "spokesman" of the
Pen League
The Mahjar ( ar, المهجر, translit=al-mahjar, one of its more literal meanings being "the Arab people, Arab diaspora") was a literary movement started by Arabic-speaking writers who had emigrated to America from Ottoman Empire, Ottoman-ruled L ...
[.] which he co-founded with
Nasib Arida in 1915
[.] or 1916.
[.] Haddad published his own collection ''Hikayat al-Mahjar'' (''The Stories of Expatriation'') inside it in 1921.
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Arabic-language magazines
Magazines established in 1912
Magazines disestablished in 1957
Defunct literary magazines published in the United States
Magazines published in New York City
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