Dr. Ali H. Alyami: Saudi Arabia’s Unpredictable Future

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Dr. Ali Alyami is the founder and Executive Director  of the Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, based in  Washington, D. C. He is a native of Saudi Arabia and has been an avid  advocate for political reforms in Saudi Arabia.

The Center for Democracy & Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (CDHR)  focuses on Saudi domestic and foreign policies and their impact on, and  implications for, the Saudi people and the international community,  especially U.S. economic and national security interests. Due to its  centrality to Islam and possession of large quantities of fossil fuel  energy sources, Saudi Arabia plays a major religious and economic role  in the lives of Muslims and non-Muslims worldwide. CDHR was established  in 2004 to promote institutionalized democratic and human rights reforms  as the best way of achieving long term stability in Saudi Arabia.

Previously, Dr. Alyami was a Senior Fellow at the Saudi Institute in  Washington, D.C., Director of an educational peace program for the  American Friends Service Committee in San Francisco, and a  Representative for the Arab Organization for Human Rights (a Cairo-based  group) in North America. He holds a Ph.D. in Government from the  Claremont Graduate University in Southern California, and a Master’s  Degree from California State University in Los Angeles. His Ph.D.  doctoral thesis was: “The Impact of Modernization on the Stability of  the Saudi Monarchy.”

Dr. Alyami provided expert testimony regarding human rights in Saudi  Arabia before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. He also organized  and participated in many conferences and discussions about Saudi Arabia,  its policies and their impact on the Saudi people, the Middle East, and  the international community. Alyami has spoken at conferences in the  United States, London, Egypt, Sudan, and Israel, and is a frequent media  presence.