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Mahjar (Pl.Muhajir), an Arabic term means a place of emigration or a country or a territory settled by migrants from other countries. Arabian poets who migrated from the land of Syria, Labanon and other Arab countries to the North as well as to the South Americas in a large number during the late 9th century because of some social and economic considerations and they produced an excellent type of poetry literature thereon. Mahjar literature is a new dimension or emergence of new look in modem Arabic poetry literature. America was its birth place to exercise and develop the Mahjar literature, Specially in poetry. Mahjar poets introduced psychological insight for the first time in Arabic poetry. Influence of West, American poets and Russian realism was revealed by them. Most of the Mahjar poets were Christian in religion hailed from Syria and Labanon and their mother tongue was Arabic. Some of the most important and influential poet like Mutran lived and worked in Egypt. As they were favoured by the British authorities in different places, they excelled in English, French as well as in Arabic. The poets were accompanied with new ideas and attitude, and they had the general interest in literature and in poetry in particular and they produced work of a quality and originality which became a vital stage in the development of romantic poetry in Arabic. These writers were initially brought to either through the journalism or though one literary monthly magazine of the Arabic speaking community in New York, Al-Fanun and Al-Saih edited by Nasib Arida and Abd Al-Masih Haddad respectively. At last they formed "The Pen Association", In New York in 1920. Literary efforts received support and encouragements in the twenties from this Association.