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.

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

Lessons for the Next Arab Spring
Essay
Shadi Hamid
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)
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
Shadi Hamid
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)
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
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
Shadi Hamid
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: US President elect Donald Trump, walks away from a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, at the US Capitol, November 10, 2016 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day president elect Trump met with President Barack Obama at the White House. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: US President elect Donald Trump, walks away from a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, at the US Capitol, November 10, 2016 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day president elect Trump met with President Barack Obama at the White House. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

The End of the End of History
Argument
Shadi Hamid
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