Abdul Rahman Majeed al-Rubaie (; 12 August 1939 â 20 March 2023) was an Iraqi author. He is one of the best-known writers in modern Iraqi literature. A collection of his stories has been translated into German as Solange die Sonne noch scheint.
Al-Rubaie was born 12 August,1939 in Al-Nasiriyah, in southern Iraq where he finished primary and secondary school. He then got his bachelor degree from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad. He went back to his home city to work as a teacher, then moved to Baghdad to work with newspapers. He became the editor for the cultural pages of several newspaper such "Al-Anbar" And "Al-Fajer Al-Jadeed". Al-Rubaie worked for the Iraqi house of culture in both Beirut and Tunis and was a member of the Iraqi journalists union and the Iraqi Fine artists union.
Al-Rubaie lived in Tunis for around 20 years where he published his biography tilted "Ayyatu Ḥayatin Hiya?" Or "What Kind of Life Is It?" in 2011. He died in Baghdad on 20 March 2023 at the age of 84.