Dr. Mohamed Sirad Dolal (Somali: Maxamed Siraad Doolaal) was an academic and a member of the central committee and executive council of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), a liberation movement in Ogaden determined to free its homeland from Ethiopia.

He also earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from his undergraduate studies at the premier Somali National University (SNU) in Lafoole, Afgoye, Somalia.

He left the work in June 1977, when the Ogaden War erupted in the region, at which time he joined freedom fighters Western Somali Liberation Front (WSLF).

He also was a college lecturer and practicing social science researcher, who had frequently undertaken field trips across Somalia from Baidoa to Bosaso, Kismayo to Mogadishu.

On January 17, 2009, Dr. Dolal's life ended when he was wounded, captured, and executed along with several of his colleagues by Ethiopian soldiers in Dhanan, Ogaden.