Adnan Abdulbadie Al-Yafi is an author and consultant currently based in Jeddah.  He holds a PhD from St Edward’s University in Austin, Texas and has formerly taught at universities in Jeddah and Makkah. In 1979, al-Yafi helped establish the Hajj Research Centre at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah and became its first Deputy Director General. He has published on a variety of topics, both in English and in Arabic.