Shadi Hamid

Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow in Brookings’ Center for Middle East Policy and the author of Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World.

Stories by 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)

White Supremacism Isn’t Insanity

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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.

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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)

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Obama’s Good Intentions in the Middle East Meant Nothing

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January 19, 2017, 11:41 AM

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

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November 15, 2016, 4:38 PM

Why Jihadists Fight

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June 13, 2016, 9:38 AM

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