Participant Biographies

Joseph Kéchichian

Joseph Kéchichian

Senior Fellow, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies
Session 3 - "Living with Terrorism"

Dr. Joseph A. Kéchichian is Senior Fellow at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is also the CEO of Kéchichian & Associates, LLC, a consulting partnership that provides analysis on the Arabian/Persian Gulf region, specializing in the domestic and regional concerns of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. He is also a Senior Writer with the Dubai-based Gulf News, which is the top-ranked English-language news daily in the United Arab Emirates. He served as the Honorary Consul of the Sultanate of Oman in Los Angeles, California (2006-11). His latest books include Legal and Political Reforms in Sa‘udi Arabia (Routledge, 2013), and ‘Iffat Al Thunayan: An Arabian Queen (Sussex Academic Press, 2015). Dr. Kéchichian received his doctorate from the University of Virginia.