Ali Hussain Al-Awadhi (Arabic: علي حسين العوضي, born 2 May 1974) is a journalist, former student leader and politician from Kuwait.

He is the first chairman of the Youth Association of Kuwait (then National Democratic Youth Association) and a founding member of the Democratic Ticket, a student group which runs for elections at Kuwait University – College of Science's student society.

He is best known for being the editor-in-chief of Kuwaiti progressive weekly newspaper Al-Taleaa which is loosely linked to the Kuwait Democratic Forum (Arabic: المنبر الديمقراطي الكويتي).

His father Hussain Al-Awadhi was employed in the Ministry of Communication for the Kuwaiti government and is of Persian ancestry.

In 1996, he started working for Al-Seyessah Newspaper as an editor covering student affairs in Kuwait University and the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training until 1999.