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Hady Amr

Hady Amr

Director, Brookings Doha Center
Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

Hady Amr is the founding director of the Brookings Doha Center. His research focuses on three core issues: the new political dynamics underway in the Middle East, human development in the Arab World, and U.S. public diplomacy. He has held posts at the Department of Defense, World Economic Forum, World Bank, UNICEF and the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. He is the author of several articles and analysis papers including "The Opportunity of the Obama Era: Can Civil Society Help Bridge Divides between the United States and a Diverse Muslim World?."



Expertise

U.S. relations with the Islamic World; Arab-Israeli conflict; American foreign policy in the Middle East; Lebanon; Jordan; Syria; Iran; Sunni-Shia relations; economic and social development in the Arab World

  • Language Fluency:
  • Arabic

Background

Past Positions
Senior Advisor, World Economic Forum Council of 100 Leaders on Western-Islamic World Relations; Presidential Appointee, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, U.S. Department of Defense; Economist and Consultant, UNICEF and World Bank

Education

M.A., International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University; B.A., Tufts University

"President Obama's speech in Cairo was a resounding victory for the power of America's character. President Obama evoked political truths, social truths and the word of God through Judaism, Christianity and Islam to speak in such a way that ordinary Arabs and Muslims welcomed the speech with open-hearts."


Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioThe Arab Media Reaction to the Raid on the Gaza Flotilla June 07, 2010The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioFaithfully Qatari With a Global ResonanceApril 22, 2010Al Manakh: Gulf Continued
Save to My PortfolioObama and the Nobel Peace PrizeOctober 12, 2009Daily News Egypt
Save to My PortfolioReactions to President Obama's Speech to the Muslim WorldJune 04, 2009The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioForce Alone Won't Defeat Somali PiracyApril 24, 2009The Daily Star
Save to My PortfolioDisplacement in the Muslim WorldFebruary 16, 2009Human Development Task Force, U.S.-Islamic World Forum
Save to My PortfolioOur Enemies are Watching the Presidential ElectionOctober 12, 2008The Philadelphia Inquirer
Save to My PortfolioThe Muslim Olympics?August 28, 2008Gulf News
Save to My PortfolioIf the Muslim World Could VoteJuly 25, 2008Gulf News
Save to My PortfolioTo Win the "War on Terror," We Must First Win the "War of Ideas"July 01, 2008Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Save to My PortfolioWhat Lebanon Needs NowJune 04, 2008Middle East Times
Save to My PortfolioThe Rise of Middle East PeacemakersJune 02, 2008Kuwait Times
Save to My PortfolioKidnapped: My Friend in Pakistan and American IdealsApril 02, 2008Washingtonpost.com's Post Global
Save to My PortfolioHuman Development in the Muslim WorldFebruary 09, 2008The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioThe 2008 Election: Whose Decision is It, Anyway?February 02, 2008Minneapolis StarTribune

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Contact Information

hamr@brookings.edu

202.797.6105
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