Ali Ismail Karimi is a Bahraini architect whose work explores public space, ecology, and the extractive landscapes of the Middle East. He is, along with Hamed Bukhamseen, co-founder of Civil Architecture, an architecture office based in Manama and Kuwait City whose work has been shown in the Sharjah Architecture Triennale, Oslo Triennale, Venice Architecture Biennale, and Amman Design Week. Karimi has previously worked with OFFICE KGDVS in Belgium and Alejandro Aravena/Elemental in Chile.