Muhammad Sa'id al-Amudi (Arabic: محمد سعيد العامودي, romanized: Muḥammad Saʻīd al-ʻĀmūdī; 1905 – 16 February 1991) was a Saudi Arabian journalist, literary critic and official.
After graduation from Al-Falah school in Mecca, he worked in commerce for a while, then held several administrative positions, including: head of the editorial board of the General Post and Telegraph Authority and the editor-in-chief of its magazine until 1971, member of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia from 1951 to 1954, chief editor of the Muslim World League magazine and Sawt Al-Hijaz newspaper for a while.
During his official career, he published many works in the magazines of Al-Muqtataf and Al-Hilal and was a member of the Modern Literature Association in Cairo, which was headed by the poet Ibrahim Nagi.
Sawt Al-Hijaz (Voice of Hijaz) publication considered an extension of the Barid al-Hejaz (Post of Hejaz) newspaper, which was issued by Muhammad Salih Nassif in 1924 during the Hashemite era.
Ibrahim al-Jundi described him as an "inspiring poet, who collected various meanings, distinguished by his generous flair, the charm of his statement, the eloquence of his logic, and the smoothness of his style.
[7] As a literary critic, he wrote criticism or introduction for several books of many authors, including:History of the Arabs by Philip K. Hitti, The Hero of Heroes by Abd al-Rahman Azzam, The Caller of Heaven and Neither communism nor colonialism by Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad, Allahs Sonne über dem Abendland by Sigrid Hunke and other books by Ali Al-Tantawi, Abdul Jabbar Jomard, Mohammed al-Ghazali and Mikhail Naimy.