Husayn Muruwwa

Husayn Muruwwa (also spelled Hussein Mroue or Mroueh) (1910-1987) was a Lebanese journalist and literary critic. His Materialist Trends in Arabic-Islamic Philosophy (2 vols., 1979) was a Marxist re-reading of traditional Arab texts.[1]

Life

Muruwwa was born in Haddatha, southern Lebanon, in 1908, or 1910. He was assassinated in 1987. One of his grandchildren is Rabih Mroué.[2]

See also

References
  1. Silvia Naef (2001). "Shi`i-Shuyu`i or: How to become a communist in a holy city". In Rainer Brunner, Werner Ende (ed.). The Twelver Shia in Modern Times: Religious Culture & Political Culture. BRILL. p. 259. ISBN 978-90-04-11803-4. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  2. Remembering Husayn Muruwwah, the ‘Red Mujtahid’, Louis Allday, Feb. 16, 2017, Jadaliyya


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