Ali Oumlil

Ali Oumlil (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 A rab 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.
2019 - Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, First Price 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), Casablanca, Beirut
In French
1982 "L’Histoire et son Discours", Rabat, Morocco
1990 "Islam et Etat National" (Islam and National State), Casablanca, Morocco
References
1940 births
Living people
Cairo University alumni
College of Sorbonne alumni
Academic staff of Mohammed V University
Moroccan diplomats
Moroccan philosophers
People from Kenitra