Avraham Elmalih (Hebrew: אברהם אלמליח, 1885 – 2 April 1967) was a journalist, linguist, Zionist activist and Israeli politician.

He studied at the Archaeological Institute and worked as a teacher in his home city, as well as in Istanbul, Jaffa and Damascus.

In 1920 he was elected to the Assembly of Representatives for Histadrut HaSephardim and the following year joined the Jewish National Council.

Elmalih was a promoter of Hebrew language acquisition and emphasised the importance of "national creation" and "national literature" when founding the journal Mizrah u-Ma'arav (East and West) in 1919:[2] East and West will call for national revival among the Jews of the East and will serve those who read and studied the ancient rabbinic literature as a bridge to our modern literature.

It will particularly aspire to develop among Eastern and North African Jews the ambition to be creative in original Hebrew writings; to become influential within the process of spiritual development and the renewal of education in Jewish communities in the East and West".