Husayn Muruwwa


Husayn Muruwwa was a Lebanese journalist and literary critic. His Materialist Trends in Arabic-Islamic Philosophy was a Marxist re-reading of traditional Arab texts.

Life

Muruwwa was born in Haddatha, southern Lebanon, in 1908, or 1910. He was assassinated in 1987. One of his grandchildren is Rabih Mroué.