Shadi Hamid (born 1983) is an American author and a senior fellow at the

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. He is also a contributing writer at ''The Atlantic'' as well as research professor of Islamic studies at

Fuller Seminary Fuller Theological Seminary is an interdenominational Evangelical Christian seminary in Pasadena, California, with regional campuses in the western United States. It is egalitarian in nature. Fuller consistently has a student body that compri ...

. This appointment is the first time a Muslim scholar has been hired in the school's history. He has been called a "prominent thinker on religion and politics" in the ''New York Times'' and was named as one of "The world's top 50 thinkers" in 2019 by ''

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''. He is known for coining the phrase "Islamic exceptionalism" to describe Islam's resistance to secularization and outsized role in public life, but it has come under some criticism.

Education

Marshall Scholar The Marshall Scholarship is a postgraduate scholarship for "intellectually distinguished young Americans ndtheir country's future leaders" to study at any university in the United Kingdom. It is widely considered one of the most prestigious sc ...

, Hamid completed his doctoral degree in politics at

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in 2010. His dissertation was titled ''Democrats without Democracy: the Unlikely Moderation of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Jordan''. Hamid received his B.S. and M.A. from

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

School of Foreign Service The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) is the school of international relations at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. It is considered to be one of the world's leading international affairs schools, granting degrees at bot ...

Research

Hamid was a Hewlett Fellow at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law and a

Fulbright Fellow The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of ...

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

, researching Islamist participation in the democratic process, and a research fellow at the American Center for Oriental Research in Amman, where he conducted research on the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and the

Jordanian government The politics of Jordan takes place in a framework of a parliamentary monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister of Jordan is head of government, and of a multi-party system. Jordan is a constitutional monarchy based on the constitution promulgated on ...

. He is the author of three books and his articles have appeared in ''The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and The New Republic''. He also regularly appears on television, including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and PBS.

Books

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Reception

''Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World'' was shortlisted for the 2017

Lionel Gelber Prize The Lionel Gelber Prize is a literary award for English non-fiction books on foreign policy. Founded in 1989 by Canadian diplomat Lionel Gelber, the prize awards "the world’s best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs that seeks to deep ...

. ''Temptations of Power: Islamists and Illiberal Democracy in a New Middle East'' was named a Foreign Affairs "Best Book of 2014."

References

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