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Bahraini activist and journalist
Saeed al-Shehabi
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Born
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Occupation(s)
| Political activist, journalist, commentator, and member of the
Bahrain Freedom Movement
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Saeed al-Shehabi
(
Arabic
:???? ???????, born 1954) is a London-based
Bahraini
political activist, journalist, commentator and member of the
Bahrain Freedom Movement
.
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Education
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Shehabi earned his BSc and PhD (in Control Engineering) from the
City University London
.
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Career
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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
.
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The BBC describes Shehabi as "leader of a Bahraini opposition group in London".
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Personal life
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Al-Shehabi has one daughter,
Ala'a Shehabi
, who is a democracy rights activist in Bahrain.
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