Alwi Abdurrahman Shihab (Arabic: علوي عبد الرحمن شهاب Alawī ʿAbd ar-Raḥman Šihāb) (born 19 August 1946 in South Sulawesi) is a scholar of the interaction of Christian and Muslim communities.

At age of 10, Alwi went to study basic education at Darul Nashihin Boarding School in Lawang, East Java.

Not satisfied with a single doctoral degree, he then completed his second PhD from the same university in 1995 with dissertation The Muhammadiyah Movement and Its Controversy with Christian Mission in Indonesia.

[3] In 1998 he served as fellow and visiting professor at Harvard University's Divinity School - Center for the Study of World Religions.

Alwi, unlike his brothers who focus their career in education and Islamic studies only, has also strong business entrepreneurship.

On 26 October 2004, he was honorarily discharged from PKB due to the party's internal political conflict and clash with some other leaders.

Since 2006, Alwi has been appointed as the president's special envoy to the Middle East and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.