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Mahdi Amel

Mahdi 'Amel
Born
Hassan Abdullah Hamdan

1936 (1936)
DiedMay 18, 1987 (aged 50–51)
Cause of deathAssassinated
Other namesHilal Bin Zaytoun
Alma materUniversity of Lyon
Notable workMarx in Edward Said's Orientalism
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionMiddle Eastern philosophy
InstitutionsLebanese University
Main interests
Philosophy, Education, Marxism, Colonialism
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Hassan Abdullah Hamdan (Arabic: حسن عبد الله حمدان), more commonly known by his pseudonym Mahdi 'Amel (Arabic: مهدي عامل), (Harouf, Lebanon 1936 – Beirut, Lebanon 18 May 1987) was a Lebanese Marxist philosopher, historian and militant in the second half of the 20th century.

Amel was a professor of philosophy at the Lebanese University in Beirut, and a prominent member of both the Lebanese Communist Party and the Union of Lebanese Writers. He also contributed to the magazine al-Tariq, the mouthpiece of the Lebanese Communist Party.[1]

'Amel was assassinated at the age of 51, amidst the violence and chaos of the Lebanese civil war (1975–1990).


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