Saudi Women’s Rights Beyond Driving
June 24, 2011
By Moshtayeen Ahmad
On June 3 and June 20, the campaign: Saudi Women for Driving (سعوديات يطالبن بالقيادة ) lobbied and sent a petition to Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to support their June 17 initiative advertised…
Saudi Women’s Rights Beyond Driving
June 24, 2011
By Moshtayeen Ahmad
On June 3 and June 20, the campaign: Saudi Women for Driving (سعوديات يطالبن بالقيادة ) lobbied and sent a petition to Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to support their June 17 initiative advertised…
The Egyptian Vacuum
June 23, 2011
By Lev Yuriditsky
Iran has made gestures toward the new Egyptian government ostensibly under the guise of wanting to start fresh but actually motivated by a desire to sway Egypt into Iran’s axis and away from Saudi…
The Egyptian Vacuum
June 23, 2011
By Lev Yuriditsky
Iran has made gestures toward the new Egyptian government ostensibly under the guise of wanting to start fresh but actually motivated by a desire to sway Egypt into Iran’s axis and away from Saudi…
Let Them Drive
June 16, 2011
By Matthew Mainen
In his speech on the Arab Awakening, President Obama not only referenced U.S. revolutionary defiance against the despotic King George III but also Rosa Parks’ catalyzing defiance of U.S. segregation.…
WAMU Covers Women To Drive Rally
June 15, 2011.
Patrick Madden reports. Listen Here.
"Dressed in a pink shirt and armed with a bullhorn, Tigh Barry, a protester from San Francisco, easily attracts the attention of one motorist driving by when he shouts for them to pull…
WJLA: Women Protest Saudi Driving Ban
June 16, 2011
WJLA covers a protest outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC in support of the June 17th initiative.
http://wj.la/kd0lQz
Ali Al-Ahmed on US-Saudi Relations
June 8, 2011
The director of the Gulf Institute, Ali Al-Ahmed, was recently part of a panel on NPR's "Diane Rehm Show."
Listen Here.
The Crumbling State of the Saleh Regime
6/7/11
By Joshua Jacobs
As observers wait to see if the second ceasefire in less than a week will hold in Yemen it has become clear that President Saleh, who is now being treated for his injuries in Saudi Arabia, and his allies…
Joshua Jacobs
Joshua Jacobs is a Gulf Policy Analyst and published columnist at the Institute for Gulf Affairs. Joshua has published and co-authored papers on Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Oman and wrote the timely IGA policy brief on Bahrain. His…