This person is no longer with the Carnegie Endowment.
Khalid Al-Dakhil is an assistant professor of political sociology at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. He has been a columnist for London's Al Hayat newspaper and is now a columnist for Abu Dhabi newspaper. He is widely published in Arab journals. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
During his four-month tenure at the Carnegie Endowment, his research and outreach focused on Saudi politics, history, and reform as well as the country's relations with the United States. His contribution augmented the Middle East Political Reform Initiative of Carnegie's Democracy and Rule of Law Project.
Saudi Arabia's burgeoning reform movement presented its latest petition to King Fahad bin Abdul-Aziz, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz, and the Minister of Defense Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz on September 24. Titled "In Defense of the Nation," the document was signed by 306 Saudi men and women [click here to read an English translation of the petition].
Khalid Al-Dakhil discusses U.S.-Saudi relations after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
