Dr. Abdulla Majed Al Ali

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The UAE National Library And Archives, UAE

His Excellency Dr Abdulla Majid Al Ali has served as the Director General of the National Library and Archives since August 2022, having previously served as its Executive Director from December 2020.

His Excellency was the Executive Director of the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre from its establishment in 2019 until his transition to the National Library and Archives. He also held the position of Executive Director of the National Library Sector at the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi between 2016 and 2019. Prior to this, he served as Director of the Libraries Department from 2012 to 2016, and as Director of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award between 2006 and 2012. He began his professional career serving in the Armed Forces from 1994 to 1999, followed by a role as an editor in the Public Relations Department at ADGAS in 2000.

His extensive administrative expertise enabled him to manage several major cultural projects during his tenure at the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, most notably the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, the Kalima Translation Project, the Issdarat initiative, and the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, alongside overseeing the establishment of the Qasr Al Watan Library.

In May 2025, His Excellency was elected President of the Arab Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (ARBICA). He also sits on the Board of Directors of the National Library and Archives, the Board of Trustees of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, the Board of Trustees of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, and the Scientific Committee of the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre.

He has participated in numerous training programs aimed at enhancing leadership and professional capabilities, including the Board Effectiveness and Good Governance course at the GCC Board Directors Institute in October 2018, the Senior Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School in April 2018, and the EFQM Certified Assessor Training in 2010.

His Excellency Dr Abdulla Majid Al Ali was born in 1976. He holds a PhD in Arabic Language with distinction from Mohamed Bin Zayed University for Humanities for his thesis titled "Political Discourse Analysis in the Letters of Zayed I: An Applied Study in the Light of Text Linguistics", and a Master’s degree in Humanities from Ain Shams University for his dissertation titled "Lifestyles Changes and Their Relation to Certain Behavioural and Cultural Changes in the UAE Society".