Abd al-Mu'in Mallouhi (Arabic: عبد المعين الملوحي) is a Syrian poet born in Homs in 1917. He was a journalist, who marked his signature using the pseudonym “chronic communist” and became known by that name. He has many works, but most notably, he is known for his poem "Fate and Crime" (original: Qadar wa-jarīmah), which was printed but subsequently banned from distribution. The complete version has never been published and the poem is circulated through handwritten copies, yet it strangely became widespread. The poem is a eulogy to his wife, Buheira, who died of cancer.