Gamal Hamdan (Arabic: جمال حمدان; February 2, 1928 – April 17, 1993) was an Egyptian geographer and scholar.

Hamdan pursued higher education at Cairo University, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction.

[1][citation needed] After completing his doctoral studies, Hamdan returned to Egypt and became a faculty member at Cairo University.

[1] He advocated for 'Living Geography', an approach he developed which he believed would, if properly exercised, could identify the pattern, nature, conditions and laws relating to life in the subject place.

These included several articles in Arabic, published in newspapers, magazines and other publications, as well as 17 books in Arabic and 8 in English [1] "The Personality of Egypt," one book of his trilogy on Egypt's character and its position in the world, is considered his magnum opus,[1][2] taking ten years to complete and drawing from over 900 references in multiple languages.