Muhammed Taib

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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1939}}

| birth_place = Mecca, Saudi Arabia

| nationality = Saudi Arabian

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| occupation = Activist

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Muhammed Saeed Taib ({{langx|ar|محمد سعيد طيب}}, {{Transliteration|ar|Muḥammad Sa‘eed Ṭayib}}) (born 1939) is a Saudi Arabian political activist, lawyer, writer, and one of the most prominent liberals in the country.{{cite news|url=http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/04/03/17/114361.html|title=Professors among leading reformists held|date=March 17, 2004|author=Mohammed Almezel|publisher=Gulfnews.com|access-date=December 2, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929133736/http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/04/03/17/114361.html|archive-date=September 29, 2007|url-status=dead}} He is best known for his 1992 book Prince and Intellectuals

(مثقفون وأمير: الشورى وسياسة الباب المفتوح) which outlines his views on the political reforms of Saudi Arabia. The book was banned in Saudi Arabia. Taib has recently participated in the Saudi Arabian National Debate (الحوار الوطني).

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