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I really don't like being in jail.
The Iranian state sponsors radicalism.
The core principle of Wahhabism is anti-diverse.
Saudi Arabia is the mother and father of political Islam.
We should not need to be reminded of the value of human life.
Saudi Arabia is defined and represented by its Islamic stature.
I was a teenager in the 1970s and grew up in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia has historically attempted to influence politics in Beirut.
The government of Dubai, as much as it is a government, it is a corporation.
Muslims around the world deserve to see birthplace of Islam represent the ethics of Islam.
I'm 60 years old, and I want to enjoy life, and I want to be free to speak for my country.
I'm worried for a war to break out between Saudi Arabia and Iran, even though I rule it out.
I don't want anything to affect my freedom, and we don't want Saudi Arabia to be another Iran.
Saudi Arabia must return to fully supporting the Syrian revolution and to ally with the Turks.
To bring about a permanent peace in Syria, the southern part of the country must be protected.
Repression and intimidation are not - and never should be - the acceptable companions of reform.
I didn't see a woman drive until I visited my sister and brother-in-law in Tempe, Ariz., in 1976.
I'm not an extremist. And I disagree with Saudis who are calling for regime change and stuff like that.
I don't want to be a dissident. But in the same time, I don't want to go back home and be silent again.
Sometimes, I myself, even though I'm in Washington, I go quiet because there is so much intimidation around me.
I just want to be a free writer. I think I am serving my country and my people by providing an independent narrative.
The expectation that 'Trump as president' will be starkly different from 'Trump as candidate' is a false hope at best.
I champion a real campaign to tackle the rampant corruption that is draining Saudi resources, both financial and human.
There can be no political reform and democracy in any Arab country without accepting that political Islam is a part of it.
The United States would be the only honest broker in the international effort to restore peace and justice for all Syrians.
Saudi Arabia needs friends. We are in a war in Yemen, in a confrontation with Iran, so we need friends like Canada, Europe.
When Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen erupted in March 2015, there was widespread Saudi popular support for it - including by me.
Terrorism and the refugee crisis have changed the political mood in the West and brought the extreme right to prominence there.
It should be a known fact that the Arabs never had a problem with anti-Semitism, but we need to state that over and over again.
In the 1970s, the only places on the Arabian Peninsula where women were working outside the home or school were Kuwait and Bahrain.
Criticism of the Middle East should not be directed only at Saudi Arabia. Human rights abuses are happening throughout the Arab world.
I began to feel whatever narrow space I had in Saudi Arabia was getting narrower. I thought it would be better to get out and be safe.
The Trump administration always says it wants to correct Obama's mistakes. It should add his mishandling of Arab democracy to its list.
The Arab Spring is a true phenomenon. Embrace Arab Spring; embrace the aspiration for freedom of the people of Egypt, Syria, and Yemen.
The death of Yemeni strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh shows that Saudi Arabia is paying for its betrayal of the Arab spring in Yemen in 2011.
The Arab world is facing its own version of an Iron Curtain, imposed not by external actors but through domestic forces vying for power.
To destroy the Islamic State, you have to fix Syria. You have to look at the reasons that created the Islamic State. This is a huge task.
Women today should have the same rights as men. And all citizens should have the right to speak their minds without fear of imprisonment.
Will Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who likely will soon become king of his country, use his power to bring peace to the world around him?
We are not a failed Arab republic, so we should not fear Arab Spring. We should embrace Arab Spring. That's what I hope Saudi Arabia will do.
It is good that the Canadians are raising the flag among Western countries to raise the issue of human rights abuse throughout the Middle East.
More attention should be given to the Arab world and the human rights abuse that is taking place every day in many countries in the Arab world.
Writers like me, whose criticism is offered respectfully, seem to be considered more dangerous than the more strident Saudi opposition based in London.
There are many signs that the Egyptians are prioritising their relations with the Gulf states, especially Saudi Arabia, over their relations with Iran.
I knew Saleh well, having interviewed and met with him several times. He was a professional Machiavelli, fluent in all forms for political maneuvering.
There is nothing remarkable about having media and foreign embassy contacts. When I lived in Saudi Arabia as a journalist, this was a regular occurrence.
The United States should propose partition in Syria. Assad can keep what he controls, and the rebels can form local governments and establish a new entity.
I strongly supported the war against Houthi rebels because I saw them as the antithesis of the Arab Spring that my government, unlike me, fiercely opposed.
I have left my home, my family, and my job, and I am raising my voice. To do otherwise would betray those who languish in prison. I can speak when so many cannot.
I would like to see evolution in my country, not revolution. It is much better for us to work together with the government to transform Saudi Arabia for the future.