Al Mahjar is a village in Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.
Mahjar is the diaspora of Arabs around the world. It can also be a general term for the diaspora. The Pen League of Arab poets in the United States, which included writers like Ameen Rihani and Khalil Gibran, was often referred to as "al-Mahjar", and its members as the "Mahjar" or "Mahjari" poets.
