title: Institute for Gulf Affairs
text: # Institute for Gulf Affairs
  
  Institute for Gulf Affairs (formerly the Saudi Institute) is a Washington, D.C.-based human rights advocacy group and think tank that monitors politics and education in the Middle East. Ali al-Ahmed, a Saudi Arabian scholar and a critic of the Saudi monarchy, is the director and founder.
  
  The institute provides information, analysis and research about the Persian Gulf region and matters of international relations and politics.
  
  