Yahya Al-Amir

Writer, Researcher and Broadcaster

Yahya Al-Ameer is a Saudi writer, researcher and broadcaster born in 1976. He holds a bachelor's degree in Arabic language and literature from Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University and a postgraduate diploma in criticism. He has written for Al-Riyadh and Al-Watan and writes for Okaz, and has presented television programmes including Al-Naba' al-Azeem and Sahib al-Qarar. His book Akhriju al-Watan min Jazirat al-Arab: Ayyam al-Irhab fi al-Saudiyya addresses the period of terrorism in the Kingdom and the discourse of extremist groups. His interests lie in cultural criticism and in reading shifts in intellectual discourse across the region.