Mustapha Tlili

Mustapha Tlili (Tunisian Arabic: مصطفى التليلي) (born 17 October 1937) is a Tunisian novelist and intellectual based in the United States.

Born to an Andalusian family in Fériana, Tunisia, Mustapha Tlili was educated at the Sorbonne and in the United States. He worked at the United Nations from 1967 to 1982. He is the founder-director of the Center for Dialogues: Islamic World-US/The West based at New York University.

His novel Lion Mountain, dealing with Tunisian corruption, has been banned in Tunisia.