The End of a Brave Man (Arabic: نهاية رجل شجاع, romanized: Nihayat Rajul Shujaa) is a 1989 novel by Syrian author Hanna Mina.

Set in coastal Syria during the French Mandate, the coming-of-age story concerns the life of Mufid, a strong, working-class man who struggles with authority and his own sense of virtue.

Mufid finds himself caught in a war between rival gangs and the dock workers' demands for unionisation, putting them at odds with both the French Mandate authorities and local employers.

As a coming-of-age story, The End of a Brave Man can be considered a Bildungsroman, with the events of Mufid's life continually returning to themes of humanity and masculinity.

[1] Through Mufid, Mina questions the nature of manhood, invoking a binary distinction of animal and man by using the nickname "the Beast" and employing metaphors such as "stallion-hood" to describe his virility.

Mufid is confronted with contradictory masculinities during his life—while he was brutalised by both his father and teacher as a boy, he later finds a positive and nurturing male role model in one of his fellow prisoners.

[1] The story's depiction of Mufid as an amputee was credited with presenting "a positive image of person with physical disabilities who is exposed to chronic diseases that did not prevent them from continuing their normal lives".

[6] The series had minor differences with the novel and was produced by Sharikat al-Sham al-Duwaliyya (Damascus International), a private company owned by the son of Syrian vice president Abdul Halim Khaddam.

[7] Nihayat Rajul Shujaa was broadcast on Syrian television during Ramadan in 1994, continuing the tradition of airing stories promoting national identity during the holy month.