A Sudanese look at the Arab immigration Artistic school (Madrast Almahjar Alarabi Aladabiyya), & whether that school represents a religious minority or is it a branch of the central Arabic culture?

رؤية سودانية لمدرسة المهجر الأدبية وهل مدرسة المهجر الأدبية تعبير عن أقلية دينية أم فرع للثقافة العربية المركزية؟

Abstract

Since early boyhood, when I was a pupil at the primary and middle school, I was attracted to the writings of this artistic school; and I learnt many passages of its poetry and prose by heart. The same was done by many Sudanese boys and girls of my age and education.

Moreover, many Sudanese people who are not part of the academic line also did the same. This includes: carpenters, tailors, retail-sellers and farmers who had a limited knowledge of reading and writing in Arabic language.

Some of the poems which were written by poets of this artistic school were composed and sung by famous Sudanese singers.

Why are Sudanese obsessed by this artistic school despite the fact that the authors of this school are all Christians?.

This paper is therefore written to answer the following questions:

1. Are the Sudanese attracted alone to the products of this school or is that a general Arab attraction to it? And if that attraction is not limited to the Sudanese and is shared by all Arabs, then why was that so?
2. Another question raised and answered by this paper is:
3. Does this school represent a limited closed religious minority?
4. Finally, can this artistic school be considered as a branch of the central Arab culture tree’ or is it a growth of its own?