Fadhil al-Rubaie (born in Baghdad in 1952 – March 29, 2025) was an Iraqi writer and journalist who also held Dutch citizenship.

He was active in literary, intellectual, and political circles. His political development stemmed from his involvement with the Iraqi left-wing movement, specifically within the ranks of the Iraqi communists. His historical writings are considered to fall under the category of pseudo-archaeology.

Fadhil al-Rubaie began his literary, intellectual, and political career in the 1970s as a short story writer. His first work was a collection of short stories, co-authored with other Iraqi writers, published in 1970, titled “The Sun on the Left.” He then devoted himself to publishing numerous short stories and literary articles in Iraqi newspapers before publishing his first collection of short stories, “O Tower, My Torment,” which was well-received by critics and reviewed by the renowned Iraqi critic, the late Dr. Ali Jawad al-Tahir, in early 1976. During these years, he became a member of the Iraqi Writers Union and the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, where he worked as a journalist for the weekly newspaper “Al-Fikr al-Jadeed” (New Thought), a cultural and intellectual publication issued in both Arabic and Kurdish. He studied journalism and participated with other Iraqi journalists in important journalism courses, such as the Solidarity College course at the University of Berlin (Ibka) and the Arab Journalists Union course in Cairo. He also worked for the daily newspaper “Tariq al-Sha’ab” (People’s Path), published by the Iraqi Communist Party in 1973.