Nahda

Wali of Egypt and Sudan (1769–1849)

Political activist and Islamic ideologist (1838–1897)

Egyptian writer and literary critic (1889–1973)

Egyptian scholar (1801–1873)

Ottoman-Syrian poet, writer

thumb|Renaissance by Moustafa Farroukh (1945), a painting symbolizing the Nahda The Nahda (, meaning 'the Awakening'), also referred to as the Arab Awakening, Arab Enlightenment or Arab Renaissance, was a cultural movement that flourished in Arab-populated regions of the Ottoman Empire, notably in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Tunisia, during the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century.

Syrian writer and poet (1836–1874)

Lebanese writer and scholar (1819–1883)

Arabic-language newspaper writer

Lebanese journalist, writer and women's rights activist

Egyptian philologist and civil servant (1867–1934)

Arabic writer (1858-1930)

Syrian writer (1858-1941)

Moroccan politician (1873–1909)

Syrian poet and journalist (1875-1922)

Iraqi Catholic priest and Discalced Carmelite friar, lexicologist and lexicographer of the Arabic language, philologist, periodical editor, founding member of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo

Editor of "al-Shifāʾ" published in Cairo

Lebanese journalist

Palestinian writer

Lebanese writer (1872-1953)