Jamal Khashoggi

The Arab world is facing its own version of an Iron Curtain, imposed not by external actors but through domestic forces vying…

— Jamal Khashoggi

I'm 60 years old, and I want to enjoy life, and I want to be free to speak for my country.

— Jamal Khashoggi

Terrorism and the refugee crisis have changed the political mood in the West and brought the extreme right to prominence there.

— Jamal Khashoggi

Sometimes, I myself, even though I'm in Washington, I go quiet because there is so much intimidation around me.

— Jamal Khashoggi

Criticism of the Middle East should not be directed only at Saudi Arabia. Human rights abuses are happening throughout the Arab world.

— Jamal Khashoggi

If Mohammed bin Salman wants to deal properly with corruption, he must preserve two elements vital to the Saudi economy: trust in…

— Jamal Khashoggi

The Arab world was ripe with hope during the spring of 2011. Journalists, academics, and the general population were brimming with expectations…

— Jamal Khashoggi

I'm worried for a war to break out between Saudi Arabia and Iran, even though I rule it out.

— Jamal Khashoggi

I would like to see evolution in my country, not revolution. It is much better for us to work together with the…

— Jamal Khashoggi

The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events. More important,…

— Jamal Khashoggi

I was a teenager in the 1970s and grew up in Medina, Saudi Arabia.

— Jamal Khashoggi

In the 1970s, the only places on the Arabian Peninsula where women were working outside the home or school were Kuwait and…

— Jamal Khashoggi

I just want to be a free writer. I think I am serving my country and my people by providing an independent…

— Jamal Khashoggi

As a Saudi journalist starting my career right after the oil boom of the 1970s, I witnessed the phenomenal growth and expansion…

— Jamal Khashoggi

In the event of war, probably Saudi Arabia will facilitate some certain logistics to make the operation easier for the United States,…

— Jamal Khashoggi

In 2004, Lawrence Wright wrote in the 'New Yorker' about 'The Kingdom of Silence,' where a massive sewer project in Jeddah was…

— Jamal Khashoggi

To bring about a permanent peace in Syria, the southern part of the country must be protected.

— Jamal Khashoggi

I began to feel whatever narrow space I had in Saudi Arabia was getting narrower. I thought it would be better to…

— Jamal Khashoggi

The Trump administration always says it wants to correct Obama's mistakes. It should add his mishandling of Arab democracy to its list.

— Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Arabia needs friends. We are in a war in Yemen, in a confrontation with Iran, so we need friends like Canada,…

— Jamal Khashoggi

Osama bin Laden's hijacked planes not only attacked the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. They also attacked…

— Jamal Khashoggi

One could imagine a day when empowered and experienced representatives of liberated areas will sit with the regime's representatives and work to…

— Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Arabia has been successful in preventing Houthi missiles from causing substantial damage. Yet, the inability of Saudi authorities in preventing Houthi…

— Jamal Khashoggi

In 2003 and again in 2010, I was fired from my job as editor-in-chief of a 'progressive' paper, Al-Watan. During the years…

— Jamal Khashoggi

There are many signs that the Egyptians are prioritising their relations with the Gulf states, especially Saudi Arabia, over their relations with…

— Jamal Khashoggi