Michel Kamel Papers

Period 1962, 1973-1994, 1996
Total size   0.9 m.
ConsultationNot restricted

Biography

Born in Cairo 1925, died in Paris 1993; journalist, Egyptian communist; arrested in 1951 and imprisoned until 1954; joined al-Ahram dialy as editor of the opinion page and established the magazine al-Tali'a (Vanguard) 1965; selected member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Egypt (al-Hizb al-Shuryuc i al-Misri) which was reestablished in 1975; stayed in Beirut and started the foreign section of the communist party there; opposed the influence of the legalist Tagammuc Party in the late 1970's and founded the People's Socialist Party (Hizbul-Sha'b al-Ishtiraki) in 1989.

Content

Collection on the activities of Michel Kamel as journalist and political activist: correspondence with George Habash and others, notebooks, articles, drafts, pamphlets and reports by Michel Kamel 1973-1989; minutes, reports, memoranda and other documents relating to the Central Committee and Politburo of the Communist Party of Egypt, the foreign sections of the party, the People's Socialist Party, the magazines The Arab Left Magazine (al-Yasar al-Arabi) and The Revolutionary Current 1975-1993; texts of essays and studies, press clippings and other publications on Egypt and the Arab world 1976-1993; documents from his brother Farid Kamel on Michel Kamel 1962, 1987-1994, 1996.

Processing information

List made by Mohammed Abdulhamid in 2003