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The scene initially was niggling, troubling, then so much worse than that. Frankly, it was outrageous, with minimal cover provided by the flags and the uniforms and the procession of beaming, glistening faces. All those nations. All…

The Guardian By Ali AlAhmed The life of a princess in the House of Saud comes with an unlimited bank account – and no basic freedoms The British court was right when it granted asylum to a female member of the Al Saud ruling family and…

One day we were average college students working towards our education and the next day we were young professionals working in the midst of a turning point in history. We were ecstatic when we learned we would be working for the…

Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has issued a statement today requesting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to release Hadi Saeed Al-Mutif, a Saudi religious prisoner who was arrested at age…

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - January 19th marked another year for the longest religious imprisonment of a man in Saudi Arabia: one of the world's most religiously extreme countries, where the international and local media took stance on this…

Contact Anum Khan 202-466-9500 No Women. No Play.: A Women's Rights Campaign to Allow Saudi Women to participate in the 2012 Olympic Games Email: nowomennoplay@gulfinstitute.org http://twitter.com/NOWOMENNOPLAY Location: DuPont…

At a recent Iftar dinner in the White House, President Obama reaffirmed America's commitment to religious freedom and protection for all citizens, regardless of their faith, when he defended the right of American Muslims to build a…

The prince is guilty of murder. That was the verdict rendered against the Saudi prince, Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Saud, regarding the death of his servant, Bandar Abdulaziz. It is a victory for the people of Saudi Arabia who, for…

The following is the full text of the draft constitution being voted on by Iraqis in Saturday's referendum. It was translated from the Arabic by the United Nation's Office for Constitutional Support, and the translation was approved by…

Arab uprisings against unpopular Western-backed rulers have undercut the arguments of some Western intellectuals about passive populations who are not prepared to fight for democracy. During the 2003 US invasion of Iraq,…