A street sign for Jamal Khashoggi Way is unveiled in front of the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, DC., on June 15, 2022. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Street in Washington, DC Named for Jamal Khashoggi

The Media Line Staff

06/16/2022

A street in Washington, DC has been renamed for Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist and Washington Post columnist killed in 2018 at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul. The street in front of Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Washington was renamed Jamal Khashoggi Way.

Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabian citizen, entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018, to collect documents for his upcoming marriage. He was never seen leaving the consulate. His fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, sounded the alarm when Khashoggi did not return from his appointment. Turkish media later reported that Khashoggi was strangled shortly after he entered the consulate and that his body was dismembered and disposed of. Saudi officials called the killing rogue, though many, including the United States, believe that it was approved by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; Khashoggi was a vocal critic of the prince, the de facto Saudi ruler, known as MBS.

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