Several Arab political parties and movements have been named "al-Nahda": For the Tunisian political party, see Renaissance Party; for the Algerian political party, see Islamic Renaissance Movement.Al-Nahda (النهضة, also an-Nahda, Arabic for "awakening" or "renaissance") or the Arab Renaissance was a cultural and intellectual trend in the Arab world in the late 19th century and early 20th century, initially centered in modern-day Lebanon, then largely moving to Egypt.
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