As-Sayeh

As-Sayeh

Founder	Abd al-Masih Haddad
First issue	1912
Final issue	1957
Country	United States
Based in	New York City
Language	Arabic

As-Sayeh (Arabic: السائح, romanized: al-Sāʼiḥ, lit. 'The Traveler') was an Arabic-language magazine founded in New York City by Abd al-Masih Haddad in 1912.^[1] It continued to be published until 1957.^[2][a] It presented the works of prominent Mahjari literary figures in the United States (such as Amin Rihani, Kahlil Gibran, Mikha'il Na'ima and Elia Abu Madi^[3]) and became the "spokesman" of the Pen League^[3] which he co-founded with Nasib Arida in 1915^[4] or 1916.^[5] Haddad published his own collection Hikayat al-Mahjar (The Stories of Expatriation) inside it in 1921.

Notes

1. As-Sayeh is on microfilm in the Library of Congress.^[3]

References

1. Literary innovation in modern Arabic literature, p. 26.
2. Meisami & Starkey, eds., p. 259.
3. Media History Digest, p. 56.
4. Haiek, p. 27.
5. Popp.

Bibliography

• Haiek, Joseph R. (1984). Arab-American Almanac. News Circle Publishing House. ISBN 978-0-915652-21-1.
• Literary innovation in modern Arabic literature. Herder. 2000.
• Media History Digest. Vol. 5. 1985.
• Meisami, Julie Scott; Starkey, Paul, eds. (1998). Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Vol. 1. Routledge. ISBN 9780415185714.
• Popp, Richard Alan (2001). "Al-Rābiṭah al-Qalamīyah, 1916". Journal of Arabic Literature. 32 (1). Brill: 30–52. doi:10.1163/157006401X00123. JSTOR 4183426.