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New Map Depicts Human Trafficking Cases By the Saudi Ruling Family
12 September, 2013
By Anabelle Suitor
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- the Gulf Institute has created a map of Saudi human trafficking cases and violations. The map is available at https://crowdmap.com/map/saudihumantrafficking/ depicting recent…
Africa and Yemen, the Next Frontline in the War on Terror
By Daniel Morillo
14 October 2013
Washington DC- Al Shabaab and Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) are separated by the narrow Mandeb Strait dividing Horn of Africa and Yemen. Though both are endorsed and supported by a weakened Al…
Obama’s Saudi Friends Should Alarm Americans
Washington DC -- Ahmed Matar must be rolling in his grave. The 17 year-old high school student was killed December 27th by Saudi Special Forces while attending a pro-democracy rally in the Eastern Province city of Qatif to demand freedom…
Saudi Mufti on Democracy and Twitter
November 13, 2012
By Benjamin Wurtzel
Try to imagine an Italy where the Pope and his Vatican state are not merely tenants of Rome, but are the spiritual guidance of the entire Italian nation. The pope issues decrees and makes…
Gulf Weekly Review, August 4-11
Gulf Weekly Review, August 4-11
Persian Gulf, Oil
After producing record oil outputs at close to 10 million barrels a day, Saudi Arabia, along with OPEC announced plans to decrease the amount of oil they’re outputting. However, it…
From Harvard to Homs
By Maren EnghThe United States recently pulled all their remaining diplomats from the embassy in Syria after violence continued throughout the country. While safety is, and should remain, the number one concern for the United States…
World’s Power Power-Plays over People
By Jessica Koontz
More than 600 people have died in Syrian uprisings in the past weeks as the international community steps forth to try to end massacres within the country. More died in Homs, just after Russian Foreign Minister…
SHAKOURI: Still no Arab Spring for Saudi women
By Shireen Shakouri - The Washington Times
Friday, September 30, 2011
The traditional Western views of Arab women as docile, submissive, black-draped figures hidden from the public eye have been challenged this past spring during the mass…
Yemen’s Chaos Strengthens International Terror
By Lev Yuriditsky
As the situation in Yemen deteriorates to a potentially full-blown collapse, the threat of a terrorist-run state in the Arabian Peninsula is growing significantly. The country is a hot spot for terrorist groups and the…
Yemen; Sinking from All Sides
July 18, 2011
By Lev Yuriditsky
While the majority of the U.S. and Western world focuses on the Libyan Revolution and occasionally glances at Syria, a grave situation is developing in Yemen - A civil war, revolution, humanitarian crisis,…