Abdul Rahman bin Ibrahim Munif (born in Amman, Safar 1352 AH, May 1933 CE, died in Damascus, Dhu al-Hijjah 1424 AH, January 2004 CE) was a Saudi economist, writer, and modernist critic. He is considered one of the most important Arab writers and novelists of the twentieth century, one of the most famous narrators of contemporary Arabian history, and a prominent figure in modern Arabic narrative. He hails from the town of Qusayba, located on the Uyun al-Jawa Road, north of the Emirate of Al-Qassim Region, in central Arabia, Saudi Arabia. His father, Ibrahim al-Ali Munif (d. 1355 AH), was one of the leading merchants of Najd (the Uqaylat), famous for his trade journeys between Al-Qassim, Iraq, and the Levant. Abdul Rahman Munif, this is his stage name, was known as a thinker and a political activist, a partisan, an economic expert, a doctorate holder, a journalist, a lover of fine arts, a novelist, a short story writer, and a biographer.