Shadi Hamid is Director of Research at the Brookings Doha Center and a fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. His research focuses on Islamist political parties and democratic reform in the Arab world. Prior to joining Brookings, he was Director of Research at the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and a Hewlett Fellow at Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. Hamid currently serves as vice-chair of POMED, a member of the World Bank’s MENA Advisory Panel as well as a correspondent for The Atlantic. | View Full Bio
Experience
Current Positions
- Director of Research, Brookings Doha Center
- Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
Past Positions
- Director of Research, Project on Middle East Democracy
- Hewlett Fellow, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University
- Resident Fellow, American Center for Oriental Research in Amman, Jordan
- Program Specialist, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State
- Legislative Fellow, Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein
Education
- Ph.D., Oxford University
- M.A., B.S., Georgetown University
Language Fluency