Hussein Ali al-Sharaa[a] (born 1946)[1] is a Syrian economist and former Arab nationalist activist.

His father, Ali Mohammed al-Sharaa, was a landowner and his family owned most of the lands of Fiq.

During this period, he travelled to Jordan to co-operate with the Palestinian fedayeen of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

After returning to Syria in the 1970s, then under Hafez al-Assad's rule, he was again imprisoned before being released and finding asylum in Saudi Arabia.

[11] He has published numerous books in Arabic on regional economic development, particularly focusing on natural resources and their potential contribution to education, agriculture, and military advancement.