Ahmed Gatnash is co-founder and Executive Director of Kawaakibi Foundation. He is author of The Middle East Crisis Factory (Hurst, 2021).
After over two years of cover up by the Trump administration, the Biden administration has declassified the formal US intel assessment of the murder of our fallen friend, Jamal Khashoggi. As expected, it implicates Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and de-facto ruler. With the full truth... read more
After over two years of cover up by the Trump administration, the Biden administration has declassified the formal US intel assessment of the murder of our fallen friend, Jamal Khashoggi. As expected, it implicates Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and de-facto ruler. With the full truth... read more
Since losing close friends and fellow activists to murder by terrorists (Raed Fares) and authoritarian regimes (Jamal Khashoggi), as well as receiving direct and credible threats ourselves from both the Saudi government and ISIS, we have been forced to be extremely private about our work. Our highest-impact projects are ones... read more
Since losing close friends and fellow activists to murder by terrorists (Raed Fares) and authoritarian regimes (Jamal Khashoggi), as well as receiving direct and credible threats ourselves from both the Saudi government and ISIS, we have been forced to be extremely private about our work. Our highest-impact projects are ones... read more
Oslo, Monday, 13 May 2019; Iyad El-Baghdadi addressed the widely-reported threats against him by the Saudi government in a press conference. Thank you. Last week, the story broke that I had been contacted by the PST about a threat. The story – and the details that followed – generated a lot of... read more
Oslo, Monday, 13 May 2019; Iyad El-Baghdadi addressed the widely-reported threats against him by the Saudi government in a press conference. Thank you. Last week, the story broke that I had been contacted by the PST about a threat. The story – and the details that followed – generated a lot of... read more
