@article{MAKHILLTSS20105422134, title = {Migration, Literature and Cultural Identity: The Case of Arab Emigrants to the United States in the Late Ninetenth and Early Twentieth Centuries}, journal = {The Social Sciences}, volume = {5}, number = {4}, pages = {355-358}, year = {2010}, issn = {1818-5800}, doi = {sscience.2010.355.358}, url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2010.355.358}, author = {Badmus Murtada}, keywords = {Migration,literature,cultural identity,Arab emigrants,cultural interference,Nigeria}, abstract = {This study focuses on the way in which a group of Arab emigrants of Lebanese stock who were forced out of their homeland due to socio-political reasons, projected their Arab cultural identity in the foreign land. The Arabic literary culture was displayed in an excellent manner which resulted into the formation of Ar-Rabitah, in the United States. On the other hand, their counterparts in the North America also formed Al-Usbah. The influence of their literary endeavours touched the nooks and crannies of the Arab world the result of which gave birth to a modern literary school named al-Mahjar which is a product of cross-fertilization of American/European and Arab cultures and literatures.} }