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Saudi Crackdown Raises Specter of Wider Dissent

27-August-202017-September-2020 Garrett O'Brien 1375 Views 0 Comments Aaidh al-Qarni, Abdulaziz bin Fahd, Abdullah al-Sultan, Adel bin Mohammad Fakeih, Al Arabiya TV network, Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz, Ali al-Omari, BESA Center, Chinese Communication Construction Group CCCG, Dr. James M. Dorsey, Egypt, Essam al-Zamil, Greg Rosshandler Family, Houthi rebels, Jeddah, Libya, Meteb bin Abdullah, Middle East Broadcasting Company (MBC), Muhammad bin Salman, Muslim Brotherhood, Nanyang Technological University, Prince Meteb, Riyadh, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Saleh Kamel, Salman al-Odah, Sultan bin Turki, Tunisia, Turki bin Bandar, University of Würzburg’s Institute for Fan Culture, Waleed bin Ibrahim al-Ibrahim, Yemen, Yemen war, Ziyad bin Naheet 5 min read

Posted by Dr. James M. Dorsey with the same title on November 6, 2017 at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 635, November 6, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Few noticed a rare protest that took place in Saudi Arabia in late January 2011 as a wave of popular uprisings swept the Middle East and North Africa, toppling the leaders of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. Yet that protest, as well as criticism of the government’s handling…