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Opinion: Saudi Arabia sentenced my brother to 20 years for tweeting. This could be his last chance.
Opinion by Areej Al-Sadhan
May 3, 2021 at 9:46 a.m. EDT
It’s Time for a New Direction with Saudi Arabia
“Made in California, USA.” These were the words engraved on the handcuffs around my wrists as I sat in the cement corridor at Mabahith prison. I was 14 years old. My youngest brother Kamil spent a day there and he has been back behind bars…
Ali Ahmed Contacts in Saudi Arabia Being Disappeared
Saudi Arabia imprisoned an aid worker for running an anti-government Twitter page. His sister says it shows MBS is testing Biden's pledge to be tough on the kingdom.
BBC: Saudi school lessons in UK concern government
Another text describes the punishment for gay sex as death and states a difference of opinion about whether it should be carried out by stoning, burning with fire or throwing the person over a cliff.
The New Republic: Twitter Is Enabling Saudi Arabia’s Brutal Crackdown on Dissent
The jailing of a dissident and two lawsuits reveal Twitter’s complicity with MBS’s dictatorship.
Exclusive: Alleged UAE Spies in Turkey Used Fake Names to Operate
April 29, 2019
By Ali AlAhmed
Washington DC – A Palestinian man, accused of being a spy for UAE in Turkey and found dead in his cell Sunday, used a UAE passport with a fake name, IGA has learned.
Zaki Yousef Mubark Hasan used the…
Dr. Majeed H. Alsikafi IGA Board Member Passes Away
Washington DC - The Institute for the Gulf Affairs, the oldest organizations in the United States and Europe that is dedicated to cover the Gulf Arab States sadly reports the passing of our founding board member Dr. Majeed H. Alsikafi Ph.D.…
Buried Treasure: “Everyday when I go into my car, i think it’s going to blow up”
The leaks of the cables didn’t attract much news coverage at the time, but one cable has an eerie new relevance since Khashoggi’s murder. The cable involved U.S.-based Saudi dissident, Ali al-Ahmed, who became a target of the Saudi…
Is SAPRAC a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?
Saudi lobby in Washington and its hate and xenophobia against Jews
Book: Saudis Destroyed Islam’s Holiest Stone
August 24, 2017
By Ali AlAhmed
Washington DC – Saudi Monarchy destroyed the most sacred stone in Islam, a rare book by an Austrian academic has revealed.
The shocking discovery of a key event in Muslim history hidden for two…