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Edmonton Journal Opinion: Saudis deserve yellow card for women’s rights
By Emily Pinderski
June 24, 2015
Despite FIFA’s beleaguered image in recent weeks, Women’s World Cup in Canada is attracting global attention as it celebrates the hard work of women athletes everywhere. Football is the world’s sport and…
IGA Investigation: White House to Host Known Anti-Semites
Monday, May, 11, 2015
Washington, DC – The Institute for Gulf Affairs is releasing an exclusive investigation showing the White House is set to host several egregiously anti-Semitic newspaper editors from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf…
CNN: What Saudi Arabia wants in Yemen by Ali AlAhmed
Washington DC - CNN published an article by the director of the Institute for Gulf Affairs Ali AlAhmed regarding the Saudi-led war against Yemen.
What Saudi Arabia wants in Yemen
(CNN)Supported by American intelligence and supplied…
How will the new King Salman change Saudi Arabia?
Ali Al-Ahmed, born in Saudi Arabia's eastern province. His parents, siblings, nephew and uncle all spent long periods in jail, so he emigrated to the US. He now runs the Institute for Gulf Affairs in Washington, a think tank critical of the…
King Salman’s government: A Two-Headed Camel
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…
Report: Killing Them Softly- Saudi Ban on Women Sports is Harming Their Health
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…
American-Chinese-Saudi Love Triangle
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.…
Look Who’s Talking: Sectarianism, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia
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…
13 Years A Hostage: Saudi Princesses Release Video Asking for International Help
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…
An Assessment of Obama’s Saudi Visit
April 10, 2014
By Rachel Hertzman
Washington DC -- After concluding a major trip to Europe where discussions focused on the Ukrainian Crisis, President Obama arrived in Riyadh late last month for a summit with Saudi King Abdullah.…