Ali Oumlil Explained

Ali Oumlil
Arabic: علي أومليل
Office:Extraordinary Ambassador Plenipotentiary
Term Start:2000
Term End:2016
Office1:Moroccan Ambassador to the Lebanese Republic
Term Start1:2004
Term End1:2016
Office2:Moroccan Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt
Term Start2:2000
Term End2:2004
Office3:Moroccan Ambassador to the League of Arab States
Term Start3:2000
Term End3:2004
Office4:President of the Arab Organization for Human Rights
Term Start4:1996
Term End4:1998
Office5:Secretary General of the Arab Thought Forum
Term Start5:1992
Term End5:1996
Office6:President of the Organisation marocaine des droits humains (OMDH)
Term Start6:1990
Term End6:1993
Office7:Member of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Institute for Human Rights
Term Start7:1989
Term End7:1993
Office8:Co-Founder and President of the Association marocaine des droits humains
Term Start8:1979
Term End8:1985
Birth Date:25 December 1940
Alma Mater:University of Cairo
Sorbonne University

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[1] 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)[2] 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[3] 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[4] 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[5] 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,[6] First Price for Social Sciences.

2019 - Present: Board Member, Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development,[7] Amman, Jordan.

Writings

In Arabic

In French

Notes and References

  1. Book: Oumlil, Ali. Al-Khitab Al-Tarikhi Dirasah Li-Manhajiyat Ibn Khaldun. 1980. Kulliyat Al-Adab Wa-Al- Ulum Al-Insaniyah].
  2. Web site: Organisation Marocaine des Droits Humains (OMDH) / Maghreb et Moyen-Orient / Maroc / Le Réseau de l'OMCT / OMCT. www.omct.org. 2019-07-01.
  3. Web site: Vaste mouvement dans les représentations diplomatiques. 2001-01-08. L'Economiste. fr. 2019-07-01.
  4. Web site: Maroc. Des socialistes candidats au poste d'ambassadeur à Paris Courrier de l'Atlas. Jaabouk. Le courrier de l'Atlas : Mohamed. Le courrier de l'Atlas. fr. 2019-07-01.
  5. Web site: Fikr Conferences - Freedom for All .
  6. https://www.kfas.org Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences
  7. https://www.ardd-jo.org Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development