Saeed al-Shehabi

Saeed al-Shehabi (Arabic:سعيد الشهابي, born 1954) is a London-based Bahraini political activist, journalist, commentator and member of the Bahrain Freedom Movement [1][2][3]

Saeed al-Shehabi
سعيد الشهابي
Born1954
Bahrain
NationalityBahraini
OccupationPolitical activist, journalist, commentator, and member of the Bahrain Freedom Movement

Shehabi earned his BSc and PhD (in Control Engineering) from the City University London.[4]

According to the London-based Centre for the Study of Terrorism, of which he is Trustee, Shahabi edited the London-based Pan-Arabic weekly Al Aalam from 1983 to 1999 and, in addition to being Chairman of the Gulf Cultural Club, serves as a trustee of two Muslim charities located in London, the Dar Al-Hekma Trust and the Abrar Islamic Foundation, and writes "regularly" for Al-Quds and The Muslim News.[4]

The BBC describes Shehabi as "leader of a Bahraini opposition group in London."[5]

References
  1. Mahdi Amirisefat "Bahraini rulers importing extremism", Press TV, February 15, 2009.
  2. "Dr. Saeed Shahabi - 32nd Anniversary Islamic Revolution - Islamic Centre of England - English", ShiaTV.net.
  3. "'Human tragedy unfolding in Bahrain", Press TV, April 5, 2011.
  4. Centre for the Study of Terrorism Archived 2011-09-12 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Bahrain's soldiers 'don't want to continue to kill anybody'", BBC News, March 17, 2011.
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