# Ali Oumlil

Ali Oumlil (Arabic: علي أومليل; born December 25, 1940) is a Moroccan philosopher, thinker, human rights activist, diplomat and political persona.

## Early life and education

Ali Oumlil, born in Kenitra, Morocco in 1940, graduated from the University of Cairo with a Bachelor's Degree in philosophy in 1960. He then attended Sorbonne University and earned in 1977 a State Doctorate in Philosophy focusing on Ibn Khaldun methodology under the supervision of French scholar and Islamologist Roger Arnaldez Ali Oumlil joined Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco in 1962 as an Assistant Professor of Contemporary Arab Thought.

## Career
### Human Rights

In 1979, Oumlil co-founded the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) in Rabat, Morocco, and was its President until 1985. Oumlil went on to co-found the Moroccan Human Rights Organization (OMDH) in 1988 and served as its President from 1990 to 1993. He also co-founded and was a Board Member of the Executive Committee of the Arab Human Rights Institute in Tunis, Tunisia from 1986 to 1994 and the President of the Arab Organization for Human Rights in Cairo, Egypt from 1996 to 1998.

### Think tank

In 1992, Ali Oumlil was nominated Secretary General of the Arab Thought Forum, an independent, intellectual, pan-Arab non-governmental organization established in 1981 by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, together with twenty-five leading Arab thinkers, decision-makers and development experts. ATF's mission is to study the current situation in the Arab World and its problems, as well as conducting studies and projects that would lead to practical solutions and viable options on issues such as unity, security, social and economic development, good governance, freedom, human dignity, human security, women empowerment, youth, intercultural and intellectual dialogue. Oumlil served as its Secretary General for 4 years.

### Diplomacy

Ali Oumlil was appointed in 2000 Extraordinary Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the Arab Republic of Egypt by His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco where he served until 2004. Concurrently, Oumlil was the Moroccan Ambassador to the League of Arab States. Upon the end of his tenure, Oumlil was appointed Extraordinary Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the Lebanese Republic where he served from September 2004 to October 2016.

## Colloqiums, Boards & Accollades

2002 - Cairo, Egypt colloquium under the theme Ali Oumlil and the Arab Political Thought with participants from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan, and Morocco.
2017 - Present: Board Member, Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut, Lebanon.
2019 - Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, First Price for Social Sciences.
2019 - Present: Board Member, Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development, Amman, Jordan.

## Writings
### In Arabic

* 1979 "Al Khitab Al-Tarikh"i (Historic Arab Thought), first edition, Lebanon
* 1985 "Al-Islahyya Al-Arabyya Wal-Dawla Al-Watanyya" (Arab Reformism and Nation State), Beirut, Lebanon
* 1988 "Atturath wa-l-Tajawuz" (Cultural Legacy and Overtaking)
* 1990 "Fi Sharyat Al-Ikhtilaf" (the Notion of Divergence in the Arab Thought), Rabat, Morocco
* 1996 "Al Sulta Al Thaqafiya Wal Sulta Al-Syassiya" (Intellectual Authority and Political Power), Beirut, Lebanon
* 1998 "Al Fikr al Arabi wal Awlama wal dimoqratya" (Globalization and Democracy in the Arab Thought), Amman, Jordan
* 2005 "Suaal Al-Thakafa" (Questioning of Arabic Culture), Beirut, Lebanon
* 2013 "Afkar Muhajira" (Migrating Ideas), Beirut, Lebanon
* 2016 "Maraya Al- Dhakira" (A narrative), Beirut, Lebanon
* 2024 "Afkar Wa Aalam" (Ideas and Thinkers), Beirut, Lebanon

### In French

* 1982 "L’Histoire et son Discours", Rabat, Morocco
* 1990 "Islam et Etat National" (Islam and National State), Casablanca, Morocco