Ali Jawad Al Taher

Ali Jawad Al Taher (; 1911?/1922? – 10 October 1996) was an Iraqi critic and literary scholar. He was born and raised in Hilla, Iraq. He received a PhD from Sorbonne University in 1954, and published numerous critical studies during his lifetime. He won the inaugural Al Owais Award in the "Criticism & Literary Studies" category in 1988–89.

Selected works Arabic Poetry in Iraq and Persia in the Seljuk Era The Son and Seven Other Stories The Lamiya of Al Tughrai Al Tughrai Modern Iraqi Fiction Teaching Arabic Mahmoud Ahmad Al Sayed Observations on the Simplified Arabic Encyclopaedia Literary Research Methods Al Khouraimi: Poems Al Jawahiri: Poems Al Tughrai: Poems Beyond the Literary Horizon Encyclopedia of Arabic Publications Modern Stories and Plays