Feb 19, 2015
Transforming Arabic: 20th century Lebanese authors in the U.S.
In the first three decades of the 20th century, Lebanese authors living in the United States revolutionized Arabic language and literature. In the words of Mikhail Nu’aymi, one of these authors, their purpose was: “To lift Arabic literature from the quagmire of stagnation and imitation, and to infuse a new life into its veins so…