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February 3, 2015 By Ali AlAhmed and Sayan Das Gupta Washington D.C. - Days after the passing of his brother King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, the new King Salman engineered the largest cabinet shake-up in recent Saudi history. The move…

By Ossob Mohamud - - Sunday, December 14, 2014 Loujain Al-Hathlool. This is the name that every woman in the West should know. Loujain is a young woman who drove her car trying to cross into Saudi Arabia but was stopped and then…

December 11, 2014 Washington DC – – The Institute for Gulf Affairs has released an in-depth report on the various health effects on the Saudi women population stemming from official restrictions on women’s participation in sports and…

By Sandra Mensah | November 12, 2014 ISIS appeared on the world stage in August 2014 with a series of horrific and gruesome beheadings. Soon thereafter, their astounding wealth was uncovered. A Foreign Policy article named the group, the…

Contact: Daniel Morillo 202-466-9500 policy@gulfinstitute.org Monday, August 11, 2014 Washington, D,C—The Gulf Institute release's its report on the dynamic and evolving relationship between the United State, China and Saudi Arabia.…

You are cordially invited to ISIS, Iraq, & the Gulf States A panel discussion with Dr. Shireen Hunter Visiting Professor at Georgetown University Dr. Abbas Kadhim Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins,…

Contact: Christopher Denbow T:202-466-9500 Wednesday, 2 July 2014 Washington, DC – The Institute for Gulf Affairs released a comparative analysis on sectarianism and marginalization in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. This 20-page analysis…

June 17, 2014 Washington DC -The Saudi Monarchy is planning to execute at least 26 Shia protesters and activists, including children, after a summary trial by an ultra-sectarian court controlled by the Saudi Minister of Interior Mohamed…

June 10, 2014 Contact: Nicky Vogt, Human Rights Campaign Coordinator 202-466-9500 nowomennoplay@gulfinstitute.org Washington DC – For more than a decade, King Abdullah has held his four daughters Sahar, Jawaher, Maha, and Hala in…

By Ali AlAhmed May 2, 2014 Washington DC – Increasing cases of Middle East Repository Syndrome known as MERS have killed more than 20 people this past week in Saudi Arabia and maybe spreading to the United States and Europe in the next…