Institute for Gulf Affairs

Institute for Gulf Affairs (formerly the Saudi Institute) is Washington, D.C.-based human rights advocacy group and think tank that that monitors politics and education in the Middle East.[1][2] Ali al-Ahmed, a Saudi Arabian scholar and a critic of the Saudi monarchy, is the director and founder.[3][4]

The institute is based in Washington DC, and provides information, analysis and research about the Persian Gulf region and matters of international relations and politics.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Activists Seeking to Close the Book on Hate in School Texts", November 27, 20005, Associated Press
  2. ↑ "Witnesses: Saudi forces fire on protesters, injure 3", March 10, 2011, Jamjoom, CNN
  3. ↑ Michael Holmes , "Muslims on Hajj", Aired January 19, 2005, CNN, transcript accessed April 8, 2011.
  4. ↑ Robert Worth "Unrest Encircles Saudis, Stoking Sense of Unease," February 19, 2011, New York Times.
  5. ↑ "IGA Overview." Gulfinstitute.org. Accessed September 2011.

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