Ali Jimale Ahmed

• Name — Ali Jimale Ahmed • Native Name — احمد على جمعالى • Birth Name — Cali Jimcaale Axmed • Born — 30 August 1958 • Birthplace — Mogadishu, Somalia • Died — 31st of March, 2026 (aged 67) • Place of death — United States • Occupation — * Essayist • poet • scholar • writer • Education — Mogadishu • Alma Mater — Banadir high school, UCLA • Period — 1969 to early 1970's • Children — Halima Ali Jimale Ahmed, Fatima Ali Jimale Ahmed, Mikail Ali Jimale Ahmed

Ali held a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). At the time of his passing, he was the current professor and former chair of Comparative Literature at Queens College and CUNY Graduate Center. Ali would teach courses in African, Middle Eastern, and European literature. His poetry and short stories have also been translated into several languages, including Japanese and the languages spoken in the former Yugoslavia. Ali would teach Comparative Literature at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.