Walid Fitaihi (Arabic: وليد فتيحي) (born 24 September 1964) is a Saudi-American physician and a motivational speaker on Saudi television.
[3] He returned to Saudi Arabia that same year to help his family set up the hospital, named International Medical Center, of which he later became CEO.
[3][2] Fitaihi was a popular Saudi reformist and TV presenter, best known for the television show Mahyay, which was about conversations around keeping the mind, body and soul healthy.
[4] Qatari news broadcaster Al Jazeera reported Fitaihi had told a friend that he was "blindfolded, stripped of his underwear and bound to a chair".
"[2] US National Security Advisor John Bolton, when asked about Fitaihi's case during an interview on CNN's "State of the Union", said that "he knew only that American diplomats had recently met with him in prison.
"[5] In response to an Associated Press query, the State Department released a statement confirmed that U.S. diplomatic representatives had met with Fitaihi and had "raised his case" with the Saudi government.