"Saudi Arabian scholar" . "Ali Abbas al-Ahmed"@en . . "\u0639\u0644\u064A \u0622\u0644 \u0623\u062D\u0645\u062F"@en . . . "al-Ahmed, Ali"@en . "Ali Abbas al-Ahmed (Arabic: \u0639\u0644\u064A \u0639\u0628\u0627\u0633 \u0622\u0644 \u0623\u062D\u0645\u062F\u200E, Gulf pronunciation: [\u02C8\u02A2\u0251li \u02A2\u0250b\u02C8b\u0251\u02D0s \u0294\u0251\u02D0l \u02C8\u0294\u0251\u029Cm\u0250d\u032A]; born 1966, is a Saudi analyst focusing on the politics of the gulf region: including terrorism, Islamic movements, Wahhabi Islam, Saudi political history, Saudi-American relations, and the history of the al-Saud family. He is the founder and director of the Institute for Gulf Affairs (formerly the Saudi Institute), an independent think tank in Washington, D.C."@en . "1966Z"^^ .