Shadi Hamid

Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a research professor of Islamic studies at Fuller Seminary. He is the author of The Problem of Democracy: America, the Middle East, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea.

Articles by Shadi Hamid

A demonstrator waves an Egyptian flag on a rooftop overlooking Cairo’s Tahrir Square.

Lessons for the Next Arab Spring

Essay

July 2, 2023, 6:00 AM

Derek Tait, a biker and pastor prepares to speak to a crowd of people before the haka was performed as a tribute to victims in Christchurch on March 20, 2019, five days after the twin mosque shootings. (Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images)

White Supremacism Isn’t Insanity

Argument

March 21, 2019, 6:11 AM

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi and Rached Ghannouchi, prior to signing documents outlining the roadmap for the formation of a national unity government in Tunisia in Carthage near Tunis on July 13, 2016. (FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images)

Tunisia Just Lost Its Anchor of Stability. That’s a Good Thing.

Argument

Sharan Grewal, Shadi Hamid

October 12, 2018, 12:09 PM

President Barack Obama stands at rest during a tour in Egypt with the Great Sphinx of Giza (left) and the Pyramid of Khafre (right) in the background, June 4, 2009. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)

This official White House photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House. — President Barack Obama stands at rest during a tour in Egypt with the Great Sphinx of Giza (left) and the Pyramid of Khafre (right) in the background, June 4, 2009. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

Obama’s Good Intentions in the Middle East Meant Nothing

Argument

January 19, 2017, 11:41 AM

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The End of the End of History

Argument

November 15, 2016, 4:38 PM

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Why Jihadists Fight

Excerpt

June 13, 2016, 9:38 AM

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Sisi’s Regime Is a Gift to the Islamic State

Argument

August 6, 2015, 11:37 AM

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The Islamist Identity Crisis

Excerpt

April 21, 2014, 11:58 PM

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Remember Cairo?

Argument

Shadi Hamid, Peter Mandaville

September 30, 2013, 9:53 PM

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Morsy and the Muslims

Argument

May 8, 2013, 10:59 PM

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Is There an Egyptian Nation?

Argument

December 4, 2012, 10:58 PM

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Middle East Lost

Argument

November 6, 2012, 12:05 AM

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Don’t Give Up on the Arab Spring

Argument

September 12, 2012, 4:18 PM

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It Ain’t Just a River in Egypt

Argument

July 30, 2012, 7:52 PM

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Brother Number One

Argument

June 7, 2012, 11:08 PM

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