Shadi Hamid

Dr. Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, an assistant research professor of Islamic studies at Fuller Seminary, and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. His latest book is The Problem of Democracy: America, the Middle East, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea. Hamid is also the author of Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World, which was shortlisted for the 2017 Lionel Gelber Prize for best book on foreign affairs. In 2019, Hamid was named one of the world's top 50 thinkers by Prospect magazine. He is also the co-founder and editor of Wisdom of Crowds, a podcast, newsletter, and debate platform.