Iman al-Qahtani ايمان القحطاني is a Saudi journalist and activist.
Al-Qahtani was present at the historic September 2013 trial of Saudi dissidents Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani and Abdullah al-Hamid in Riyadh, and used her Twitter account to post an ongoing account of the trial.
[1] Trials in Saudi Arabia are frequently held in private, so gaining access to the courtroom was "a matter of luck", she said.
[2] Al-Qatani is a graduate of the college of art in Riyadh, where she received a BA in English literature and science in 2002.
[3] In July 2013, she was stopped at the airport on her way to Istanbul, and tweeted that she was subject to a travel ban.