Institute for Gulf Affairs

Institute for Gulf Affairs (formerly the Saudi Institute) is a Washington, D.C.-based human rights advocacy group and think tank 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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