Maj. Gen. Dr. Mubarak Najem Abdullah Issa Al-Najm (Arabic: مبارك نجم,[1] born in 1957 in Muharraq)[2] is a Bahraini musician and police officer.
In 1963, Najem enrolled at the local Omer Bin Al Khattab Primary Intermediate Boys School, having no prior preschool, kindergarten, or mosque education.
He recorded his first composition in Cairo on 20 May 1972 as a first-year secondary student with the Masiya ensemble, Ahmed Fouad Hassan's group which performed the popular Egyptian style of firqa.
By his return to Bahrain in 1990, Najem had earned the first of four certificates, including a Director of Music from the Royal Marines Band Service in Kent (December 1990).
He also took courses in the United States, Japan, Austria, and Sweden, and attended workshops with international bandleaders, conferences of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE), Western and Arab classical music conventions.
Najem has written scores for Bahraini TV series, including Al-Bayt Al-Oud (1993), Ferjan Loul (1994), Ah Ya Salman (1997), Hawazi Al-Dar (1997), and Sorour (1999).