Saeed al-Shehabi

Who is Saeed al-Shehabi?

Saeed al-Shehabi is a London-based Bahraini political activist, journalist, commentator and member of the Bahrain Freedom Movement

Shehabi earned his BSc and PhD from the City University London.

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 1983-1999 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.

The BBC describes Shehabi as "leader of a Bahraini opposition group in London."