Abd al-Masih Haddad
Abd al-Masih Haddad (Arabic: عبد المسيح حداد, ALA-LC: ʻAbd al-Masīḥ Ḥaddād; 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 prominent Mahjari literary figures in the United States and became the "spokesman" of the Pen League which he co-founded with Nasib Arida in 1915 or 1916. His collection Hikayat al-Mahjar (The Stories of Expatriation), which he published in 1921, extended "the scope of the readership of fiction" in modern Arabic literature according to Muhammad Mustafa Badawi.
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Four members of the Pen League in 1920. Left to right: Nasib Arida, Kahlil Gibran, Haddad, and Mikha'il Na'ima | |
| Native name | عبد المسيح حداد |
| Born | 1890 Homs, Ottoman Syria |
| Died | January 17, 1963 (aged 72–73) New York City, United States |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist |
| Children | Jerrier A. Haddad |
| Relatives | Nadra Haddad (brother) |
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