Ali Alyami is the executive director and founder of the Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, based in Washington, DC.[1] [2]
Ali Alyami was born and raised in Saudi Arabia.[1] In 1967, he emigrated to the United States on an Aramco scholarship. He received an M.A. from California State University, Los Angeles, and a PhD from the Claremont Graduate University.[1]
He has worked for the Arab Organization for Human Rights in Cairo, Egypt, the Saudi Institute in Washington, DC, and the American Friends Service Committee in San Francisco.[1] In 2004, he founded the Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia.[1] Dr. Alyami has also delivered expert testimony, before the US Congressional Human Rights Conference, about human rights in his home country Saudi Arabia.[3]
Ali Alyami, "Saudi Arabia at a Crossroads", Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism, June 20, 2012
Ali Alyami, "Saudi Arabia at a Crossroads", essay posted as comment at Saudi Jeans, June 26, 2012