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Early years
Ali Oumlil (علي أومليل) is a prominent Arab philosopher, thinker, former Human Rights activist, serving diplomat and political persona. A primary figure in the field of Islamic historical methodology and Arab political thought, he is considered to be a pioneer in issues related to state formation in the Arab world. Oumlil has extensively studied the relationship between intellectual authority and political power, the sociological pluralism and its ideological interpretations as well as the reform trends in Arab contemporary thought. Oumlil wrote 9 books, 3 of which were translated from Arabic to French.

Oumlil was born in 1945 in Kenitra, Morocco. He entered the University of Cairo in 1960 to obtain his bachelor degree in philosophy. He then attended the Sorbonne University to work on a doctorate with French Islamic scholar and sociologist Roger Arnaldez focusing on Ibn Khaldun methodology. He completed his doctorate in 1977.

Human Rights
Oumlil started in 1962 as assistant professor of Contemporary Arab Thought at the Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco.

In 1979, Oumlil co-founded the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) in Rabat, which he chaired until 1985. Oumlil went on to co-found the Moroccan human rights organization (OMDH) in 1988 and served as its chairman from 1990 to 1993. He was also a co-founder and board member of the executive committee of the Arab human rights institute in Tunis from 1986 to 1994. In 1997-1999, Oumlil presided over the Arab organization for human rights in Cairo.