Kamal Kheir Beik

Kamal Kheir Beik
BornNovember 1935
Qardaha, Syria
Died1 November 1980(1980-11-01) (aged 44–45)
Beirut, Lebanon
Cause of deathAssassination
Resting placeShatila Martyrs' cemetery
Alma materUniversity of Geneva
OccupationPoet
Years active1950s–1980
Writing career
Pen nameCadmus
Kamal Mohamed
LanguageArabic
GenrePoetry

Kamal Kheir Beik (1935–1980) was a Syrian-born poet and dissident. He is known for his Arabic poems written in free verse and for his frequent exiles. He was assassinated in Beirut on 5 November 1980 together with two other members of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP). The murder is one of the unsolved cases in Lebanon.


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