Translated By: Mai Salama

Dr. Talal Altorifi is a professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University. He is a historian with a specialization of the history of Arabian Peninsula. Born in 1976 in Saudi Arabia, he has an MA in Modern and Contemporary History in the History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Gulf for his thesis, “Saudi–Bahrain relations during the reign of King Abdul Aziz) in 1425 AH.”

He earned his PhD in Modern and Contemporary History for his thesis, “History Mount Shammer in the Second Saudi State 1240–1309 H, Civilized Study. 1433/6/18.”