Dusé Mohamed Ali (Arabic: دوسي محمد علي; 21 November 1866 – 25 June 1945) was a Sudanese-Egyptian actor and political activist, who became known for his African nationalism.

[citation needed] His production and performance in A Daughter of Judah (1906), which he first produced in the Glasgow Empire Theatre (GET) received particularly good reviews.

In 1915 Ali founded and was Secretary of the Indian Muslim Soldiers' Widows' and Orphans' War Fund.

Financial assistance in launching the paper was given by some West Africans who were temporarily in London, including J. E. Casely Hayford, a journalist and activist; Francis T. Dove and C. W. Betts from Sierra Leone, founded as a British colony; and Dr. Oguntola Sapara from Lagos, Nigeria.

It attracted numerous contributors, including George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, Annie Besant, Sir Harry H. Johnston, Henry Francis Downing, and William H.

[2] The young Marcus Garvey, then studying in London from Jamaica, frequently visited Ali's Fleet Street office and was mentored by him.

In Europe Mohamed Ali was considered an authority on Oriental [meaning the Near East at the time] affairs, political and social.

Mohamed Ali also contributed to several leading European and American periodicals; his articles were translated and published in Germany, France, Austria, Turkey, Egypt and Japan.

In 1921, following the demise of the African and Orient Review, Ali travelled to the United States, never returning to Britain.

According to the Nigerian Daily Times, it "set a new standard in Lagos entertainment, introducing real stagecraft.

Expanding his publishing interests, on 27 July 1933 Ali began publication of The Comet, a weekly newspaper.

Following a protracted illness, Mohamed Ali died at the age of 78 in the African Hospital, Lagos, on 25 June 1945.