Who’s Who: Thekra Alatiwi, board member of the Saudi Journalists Association

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Updated 01 February 2024
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Who’s Who: Thekra Alatiwi, board member of the Saudi Journalists Association

Thekra Alatiwi was one of the women elected to form 45 percent of the board of directors of the Saudi Journalists Association on Jan. 28.

The Saudi Journalists Association, established in 2003, is a licensed civil society body and serves as an umbrella entity for the nation’s media professionals.

Alatiwi currently serves as a program producer at the Saudi Broadcasting Authority, a position she has held since 2011.

Since 2021, Alatiwi has held the position of editor-in-chief for the Risha Fine Arts Program, which is broadcast on Saudi Channel One’s YouTube page.

Alatiwi specializes in media and public relations and has experience in establishing and overseeing media committees. Additionally, she is adept at preparing and coordinating radio and television programs.

She has produced special television programs for events involving the king and the crown prince, inside and outside the Kingdom, and showcased them on Saudi Channel One.

Since joining the Saudi Broadcasting Authority’s Saudi Channel One, Al-Atiwi has produced several programs for the annual Hajj season, including field reports and documentaries.

These programs have included interviews with specialists on Hajj-related topics, including the rituals and the movement of pilgrims at the holy sites.

Alatiwi is the producer of the Sabah Al-Saudia program. Furthermore, she has served as a public relations officer at the Saudi Media Forum.

Alatiwi has also overseen content management on social media platforms for the Saudi Broadcasting Authority on Saudi National Day.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in literature and education, specializing in the Arabic language, from Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University in Riyadh.

Alatiwi earned her master’s degree in radio and television media from Imam Mohammed ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh.


Saudi Arabia welcomes US designation of Sudan’s Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organization

Updated 11 March 2026
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Saudi Arabia welcomes US designation of Sudan’s Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organization

  • Kingdom’s FM lauds decision by Secretary of State Marco Rubio
  • Prince Faisal bin Farhan says decision bolsters regional security

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has welcomed the US government’s decision to designate the Sudan branch of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.

The minister expressed his support for the decision during a phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to a statement issued by the Kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.

During the call, Prince Farhan said the Kingdom supports Washington’s measures that strengthen regional stability and security.

Rubio issued a press statement on March 9 announcing that the Department of State was “designating the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and intends to designate the group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, effective March 16, 2026.”

He also claimed, without providing evidence in the statement, that the “Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood uses unrestrained violence against civilians to undermine efforts to resolve the conflict in Sudan and advance its violent Islamist ideology.

“Its fighters, many receiving training and other support from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), have conducted mass executions of civilians.”

He added that the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood’s Al-Baraa bin Malik Brigade was designated in September 2025 “for its role in Sudan’s brutal war.”