| Native Name: | أزهري محمد علي |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Birth Date: | 19 November 1954 |
| Birth Place: | , River Nile State |
| Language: | Sudanese Arabic |
| Occupation: | Poet |
Azhari Mohamed Ali (; born 19 November 1954), is a Sudanese poet and activist.
Ali was born on 19 November 1954 in the village of Al-Makniyah,, River Nile State.[1] He lost his parents when he was only four years old, and started his life as a worker in the textile factory in ; then formed a duet with Mustafa Sayed Ahmed and Wad Al-Maqboul.[2]
Ali wrote extensively about revolution and protesting.[3] A line from his poem was recited by the Alaa Salah, “The bullet doesn’t kill. What kills is the silence of people”, which has been a well-known slogan chanted by protesters during the 2018-2019 Sudanese protests and earlier in the 2011–2013 Sudanese protests.[4] During the Sudanese protests in 2021, Ali was physically assaulted by the police.[5] According to Ali, the police chocked him with a flag he was carrying, beaten him with hands and batons, tore his clothes while shouting a torrent of hurtful and obscene phrases.
Ali’s son, Zaryab, died on 10 July 2021 in Paris from cancer.[6] Ali’s brother died an year later in September 2022.[7]