Background
Sayyid Ali al-Hakim was born in Najaf, the son of Ayatollah Sayyid Abdul al-Sahib, and the grandson of the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim, the latter is considered one of the greatest Shi'ite scholars of the 20th century.
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Ali al-Hakim
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Besides his studies in secular schools, he joined the Islamic Seminary at an early age in 1976. Sayyid Ali al-Hakim is the brother of Sayyid Jafar al-Hakim, who has visited the United States previously and delivered lectures on a variety of topics. He has visited the Hakim Foundation in the United States, which is run by family member Ammar al-Hakim.
Iraqi Politics
During his early studies in the Islamic Seminary, al-Hakim faced harassment and intimidation from Ba'ath party police and security forces. In particular al-Hakim was scrutinized because of his tendency to deliver seminars and participate in intellectual forums. In 1980, al-Hakim fled Iraq to Kuwait, and later Iran, to continue his seminary studies without facing repression by Saddam Hussein's government.
In 1994, Sayyid Ali al-Hakim completed the highest level of study in the Seminary, Bath al-Kharij, or "Advanced Studies." He then migrated to Lebanon where he found employment as a Professor, Researcher, and writer. Currently, he serves as the General Secretary of the Imam al-Hakim foundation, which he established in 2008.
