Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow in the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World in the Center for Middle East Policy and the author of “Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World” (St. Martin’s Press), which was shortlisted for the 2017 Lionel Gelber Prize. He is also co-editor with Will McCants of “Rethinking Political Islam” (Oxford University Press) and co-author of “Militants, Criminals, and Warlords: The Challenge of Local Governance in an Age of Disorder” (Brookings Institution Press). His first book “Temptations of Power: Islamists and Illiberal Democracy in a New Middle East” (Oxford University Press) was named a Foreign Affairs “Best Book of 2014.” Hamid served as director of research at the Brookings Doha Center until January 2014. Hamid is also a contributing editor at The Atlantic and vice-chair of the Project on Middle East Democracy’s board of directors.
Affiliations:
The Atlantic, contributing editor
EUSPRING, international advisory board
Project on Middle East Democracy, vice-chair of board of directors
World Bank, MENA Advisory Panel, member
- Contact
- 202.797.6059 — Research Assistant
- 202.797.6103 — Foreign Policy Program
- Topics
- Egypt
- Islamist Movements
- Middle East & North Africa
- Nation-Building
- Religion & Politics
- Tunisia
- Programs
- Foreign Policy
- Centers
- Center for Middle East Policy
- Projects
- U.S. Relations with the Islamic World
- Additional Expertise Areas
- Religion, identity, and ideology
- Islam
- Democratization in the Middle East
- Muslim Brotherhood
- U.S. policy toward political Islam
- Experience
- Past Positions
- Director of Research, Brookings Doha Center
- 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