Ali Alyami

Ali Alyami

"Prior to founding CDHR, Dr. Alyami served as a Senior Fellow at the Saudi Institute in Washington, D.C., as the Director of the educational peace program for the American Friends Service Committee in San Francisco, and as a Representative for the Arab Organization for Human Rights (a Cairo-based group) in North America. He has spoken at conferences throughout the U.S., Egypt, Sudan, Israel, and London. Dr. Alyami has offered expert testimony before Congress, and has advised senior officials at the Pentagon, National Security Counsel, and Department of State. He has a Ph.D. in Government and Diplomacy from Claremont Graduate University, a Master’s in International Relations a Bachelor’s in Political Science from California State University. He is also fluent in Arabic."

Affiliations

• Center for Democracy & Human Rights in Saudi Arabia – Executive Director
• Fikra Forum – Contributor