Mai Yamani

Is the failure of Islamic states the fault of Islam? Ian Buruma, Fred Halliday, Abdelwahab El-Affendi, Merryl Wyn Davies, Roger Scruton, Sami Zubaida, Iqbal Asaria and Mai Yamani discuss... by Prospect / November 20, 2001 / Leave a comment. Facebook · Twitter · Linkedin · Email. Published in November 2001 issue of ...

Commentary Mai Yamani Saudi Arabia Is Blocking Reforms Saudi Arabia's monarchy faces two threats: one from violent Islamists, and the other from liberal reformers; but instead of allowing for a peaceful transition to reform, the regime chooses to further pursue its hard-handed policy, says Mai Yamani.

Mai Yamani, an independent scholar who is the daughter of the famous Saudi oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani, describes the Wahhabis, for instance, as “the kingdom's de facto rulers,” noting that that they control not only the mosques and religious police, but all 700 judgeships, religious education in ...

This is a very big test for the Saudi royal family. It's the largest in the world and its members range from liberals to hardliners and they are divided on this issue. One of the hardliners, Prince Naif, the Minister of the Interior, is reported to have said on several occasions that women will never drive. But the ...

This is a very big test for the Saudi royal family. It's the largest in the world and its members range from liberals to hardliners and they are divided on this issue. One of the hardliners, Prince Naif, the Minister of the Interior, is reported to have said on several occasions that women will never drive. But the ...

Al-Qaeda and democracy cannot coexist. Indeed, bin Laden's death should open the international community's eyes to the source of his movement: repressive Arab regimes and their extremist ideologies. Otherwise, his example will continue to haunt the world. Mai Yamani's most recent book is Cradle of ...

Al-Qaeda and democracy cannot coexist. Indeed, bin Laden's death should open the international community's eyes to the source of his movement: repressive Arab regimes and their extremist ideologies. Otherwise, his example will continue to haunt the world. Mai Yamani's most recent book is Cradle of ...

Armoured vehicles streamed across the causeway separating Saudi Arabia and Bahrain yesterday. Saudi Arabia said its soldiers were part of a Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) force to guard government installations. That bald statement does not adequately reflect the Saudi regime's fear that its ...

Armoured vehicles streamed across the causeway separating Saudi Arabia and Bahrain yesterday. Saudi Arabia said its soldiers were part of a Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) force to guard government installations. That bald statement does not adequately reflect the Saudi regime's fear that its ...

The daughter of the former Saudi oil minister, Sheikh Yamani, Dr Mai Yamani has said the economic measures announced this week by the Saudi King will not satisfy the demands of the country's young people. Dr Mai Yamani told the BBC World Service that greater political reform was urgently needed.

"When I see this I think of the saying that they fiddle while Rome burns," said Mai Yamani, author of "Cradle of Islam: the Hijaz and the Quest for an Arabian Identity." Yamani is a former Saudi native now living in exile in London and a research fellow with the Middle East Programme at the Royal Institute of ...

"When I see this I think of the saying that they fiddle while Rome burns," said Mai Yamani, author of "Cradle of Islam: the Hijaz and the Quest for an Arabian Identity." Yamani is a former Saudi native now living in exile in London and a research fellow with the Middle East Programme at the Royal Institute of ...