“When I speak of the fear, intimidation, arrests, and public shaming of intellectuals and religious leaders who dare to speak their minds, and then I tell you that I'm from Saudi Arabia, are you surprised?”

Saudi journalist, writer, editor, and dissident

Jamal Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist, writer, editor, and dissident. He became one of the most closely watched Saudi voices of his time, and was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018. Khashoggi wrote and edited on politics and public affairs, and his work often placed him in conflict with the Saudi authorities. He is remembered for his criticism of the government and for the role he played in public debate about power, reform, and dissent in Saudi Arabia.