id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2112 Mahjar - Wikipedia .html text/html 1515 252 73 The Pen League (Arabic: الرابطة القلمية‎ / ALA-LC: al-rābiṭah al-qalamīyah) was the first[7] Arabic-language literary society in North America, formed initially by Nasib Arida and Abd al-Masih Haddad[8] in 1915[9] or 1916,[10] and subsequently re-formed in 1920 by a larger group of Mahjari writers in New York led by Kahlil Gibran.[11] They had been working closely since 1911.[12] The league dissolved following Gibran's death in 1931 and Mikhail Naimy's return to Lebanon in 1932.[13] Members of the Pen League included: Nasib Arida, Rashid Ayyub, Wadi Bahout, William Catzeflis (or Katsiflis), Kahlil Gibran (Chairman), Abd al-Masih Haddad, Nadra Haddad, Elia Abu Madi, Mikhail Naimy (Secretary), and Ameen Rihani.[17] Eight out of ten members were Greek Orthodox and two were Maronite.[18] Musicians such as Russell Bunai were also associated with the group.[19] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2112.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2112.txt