Ali Fahmi Khushaim (1936–2011) was a Libyan linguist and thinker who served as Minister of Culture and as a former president of the Libyan Academy of Language, as well as a member of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo. He was considered one of the prominent figures of literature, thought, and culture in modern Libya. His works covered a wide range of fields, including philosophy, history, language, literary criticism, translation, and creative writing in both prose and poetry, despite the controversial nature of his linguistic views and their marginal classification within the academic sphere.