# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tawfik-hamid
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:35:38.503Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tawfik-hamid"
name: "Tawfik Hamid"
slug: "tawfik-hamid"
description: "Tawfik Hamid is an Egyptian-American Muslim reformer and medical doctor. A self-described former member of the militant group al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya, he says that he started to preach in mosques to promote his message and, as a result, became a target of Islamic militants, who threatened his life. He has been a Senior Fellow and Chair for the Study of Islamic Radicalism at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies."
tagline: "Egyptian author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SCONA_62_-_Dr._Tawfik_Hamid_(32928980311)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Egypt"
  isoCode: "EG"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1961"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.4
  momentum:             6.293438167346147
  historical:           9.6333
  currentAttention:     5.718954248366013
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tawfik-hamid-0445a0a/"
    handle:    "tawfik-hamid-0445a0a"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.tawfikhamid.com"
sources:
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    title: "Хамид, Тауфик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توفيق حميد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توفيق حميد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6"
    title: "তৌফিক হামিদ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawfik_Hamid"
    title: "Tawfik Hamid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawfik_Hamid"
    title: "Tawfik Hamid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawfik_Hamid"
    title: "Tawfik Hamid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%93"
    title: "תאופיק חמיד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D5%A1%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%86%D5%AB%D5%AF_%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%A4"
    title: "Թաուֆիկ Համիդ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawfik_Hamid"
    title: "Tawfik Hamid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawfik_Hamid"
    title: "Tawfik Hamid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3516312"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump