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Saudi women still excluded from games celebrating inclusion
August 19, 2015
By Emily Pinderski
The Special Olympics World Games commenced in style on July 25 in Los Angeles. For the next week, athletes from all over the world will compete for their country, but also for the important goal of…
Woman UP!: Promoting Saudi Women Rights to Counter Violent Extremism
August 12, 2015
Washington DC – – The Institute for Gulf Affairs has released a special report titled - WOMAN UP! Promoting Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia to Counter Violent Extremism - on the need to adopt a written and clear U.S policy…
Obituary: Former Saudi Foreign Minister Saud AlFaisal
Washington DC- Today the former Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, passed away in a Los Angeles hospital after losing his battle against Parkinson’s disease.
AlFaisal served as the Saudi Arabian…
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.…