Hamid accepted the public role of mediator of Pakistan to the West.

Evidence

Claudia Perner, among others, has noted how Hamid has effectively accepted the role of “mediator of Pakistan to the West” in his frequent opinion pieces in Western newspapers. Producing articles with titles such as “Pakistan Must Not Be Abandoned” (Guardian, October 15, 2001); “Pakistan’s Silent Majority Is Not to Be Feared” (New York Times, March 27, 2007); and “Why Do They Hate Us?” (Washington Post, July 22, 2007), Hamid is a much sought contributor to contemporary debates, whose immersion in the cultures of both East and West—he was part educated and employed for many years in the United States and Britain—give him a perceived authority. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 452

Categorization

• XREF: Establishes Hamid’s public-author platform with exact article citations the reader can use when positioning Hamid as evidence rather than illustration.
• SHARE: Specific article titles and dates for Hamid’s Guardian, NYT, and WaPo pieces — useful citation material for the reader’s own chapter.