Safq Movement

The Safq Movement (Gharbaic: al-Harakat as-Safq) was a broad Fahrani movement in philosophy, religion, and art that has often been characterized as a cultural, intellectual, and aesthetic response to the introduction of ideas associated with the Arthuristan Illumination and Romanticism to the country at the close of the nineteenth century. It constituted a multifaceted critique of traditionalist schools of thought predicated on the infallibility of the Yen religious elites and the person of the Caliph, and asserted that a broader secular morality existed beyond the narrow confines of familial and expansive kinship networks. In literature, it sought to move away from the unproblematic sensitivity and moral simplicity of the old epics and songs, employing more contemporary language and introducing more mundane and complex considerations into drama, poetry, and music. Novels and the beginnings of Fahrani jazz became fixtures within the broader artistic movements following the beginnings of the Safq Movement. It furthermore revolutionized political culture and social caste systems.

Notable Figures

Abdallah Khairan - philosopher, poet, and literary critic associated with the right-wing Safq Movement.

Haydar Khallabi - philosopher, playwright, and activist associated with the liberal Safq Movement.