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Shadi Hamid

Washington, D.C., United States

Columnist and Editorial Board Member at The Washington Post

Co-Founder at Wisdom of Crowds

Columnist @WashingtonPost; Research professor of Islamic studies @FullerSeminary. Co-host @WCrowdsLive. Subscribe to my newsletter: https://t.co/cNF9XzTamr

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  • 1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Shadi Hamid

    A genocide is happening in Gaza. We should say so. (washingtonpost.com) A genocide is happening in Gaza. We should say so. By Shadi Hamid 2025052810454500 Throughout history, atrocities have usually been committed under cover of darkness. The perpetrators know that what they are doing is wrong. They hide it. They deny it. They speak in euphemisms. But what happens when they no longer feel the need to hide? What happens when they say the quiet part out loud?

  • 2 weeks ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Damir Marusic |Shadi Hamid

    Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:15:14Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. As subscribers of Wisdom of Crowds will know, the war in Gaza has preoccupied for over a year now, and has taken a central place in his political thinking. begins this episode by challenging Shadi on this point. Is he giving too much importance to one political and moral cause over all others? And is he giving too much importance to morality as such in geopolitics?

  • 3 weeks ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Damir Marusic |Shadi Hamid

    Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:15:14Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. As subscribers of Wisdom of Crowds will know, the war in Gaza has preoccupied for over a year now, and has taken a central place in his political thinking. begins this episode by challenging Shadi on this point. Is he giving too much importance to one political and moral cause over all others? And is he giving too much importance to morality as such in geopolitics?

  • 3 weeks ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Shadi Hamid

    I’m not as “open-minded” as I used to be. This puts me in a somewhat awkward position as someone who has long argued that basically nothing — and no one — should be beyond the pale when it comes to debating, short of actual, current members of terrorist organizations and admitted white supremacists. Wisdom of Crowdsis against consensus, so we seek out difference even when it’s uncomfortable. That’s the point.

  • 3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Shadi Hamid

    The GOP has made an unexpected, unintended turn (washingtonpost.com) The GOP has made an unexpected, unintended turn By Shadi Hamid 2025051210302400 Something extraordinary has happened to the Republican Party, though it hasn't quite been named. As I watched President Donald Trump gleefully announce his "Liberation Day" tariffs in early April, markets tumbled and economic forecasts grew dire.

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Shadi Hamid
Shadi Hamid @shadihamid
11 May 25

If this isn’t genocide, the word genocide has no meaning. It will be remembered as one of the great crimes of the century. And the moral stain will never be lifted.

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“We estimate that the true number of people killed directly by the war in Gaza could be as high as 109,000.” A new Economist article says deaths caused directly by violence (bombings, shootings, traumatic injuries), not indirect causes, may be more than twice as high as reported

Shadi Hamid
Shadi Hamid @shadihamid
11 May 25

RT @xsantiagoramos: The "Required Reading" list is always a good indicator of how interesting/fun the episode will be. (This week it's a hi…

Shadi Hamid
Shadi Hamid @shadihamid
11 May 25

RT @AsadFromNYC: Poignant essay by @shadihamid on what it means to hear "Welcome Home" from a US immigration officer at the airport: "Perh…