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{{Short description|British broadcaster and author (born 1979)}}
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| caption            = Hasan at a [[Labour Party conference]] in 2012
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| birth_place        = [[Swindon]], [[Wiltshire]], England
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| education          = [[Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood|Merchant Taylors' School]]<br />[[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
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* ''[[The Intercept]]''
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| notable_works      = ''[[Win Every Argument]]'' (2023 book)
''Ed: The Milibands and the Making of a Labour Leader''
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| television         = ''[[The Café (2011 TV programme)|The Café]]'', ''Head to Head'', ''[[UpFront]]'', ''The Mehdi Hasan Show''
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'''Mehdi Raza Hasan''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɛ|d|i|_|ˈ|h|ʌ|s|ən}} {{respell|MED|ee|_|HUSS|ən}}; born July 1979)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/program/head-to-head/2014/4/4/will-the-internet-set-us-free |title=Head to head – Will the internet set us free? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404203842/http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/headtohead/2014/02/will-internet-set-us-free-201421392117702994.html |archive-date=4 April 2014 |url-status=live |work=[[Al Jazeera English]] |date=4 April 2014 |at=7:20 – 7:25 min }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/1wPnnRkPaWz1hE1pgbDC8TsTKv8/appointments |title=Mehdi Raza HASAN – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203073131/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/1wPnnRkPaWz1hE1pgbDC8TsTKv8/appointments |archive-date=3 February 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=raza&lastname=hasan&eventyear=1979&eventyear_offset=0 |title=Report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202045819/http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=raza&lastname=hasan&eventyear=1979&eventyear_offset=0 |archive-date=2 February 2017 }}</ref> is a British and American [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]] broadcaster, writer, and founder of the media company Zeteo. He presented ''The Mehdi Hasan Show''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=3 October 2020 |title=Peacock Announces Shows For Mehdi Hasan and Zerlina Maxwell |first=Phillip |last=Nieto |url=https://www.mediaite.com/news/peacocks-news-channel-announces-primetime-shows-for-mehdi-hasan-and-zerlina-maxwell/ |access-date=6 October 2020 |website=Mediaite |language=en |archive-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112194541/https://www.mediaite.com/news/peacocks-news-channel-announces-primetime-shows-for-mehdi-hasan-and-zerlina-maxwell/ |url-status=live }}</ref> on [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]] from October 2020 and on [[MSNBC]] from February 2021 until the show's cancellation in November 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mehdi-hasan-msnbc-weekend-sunday-1234915291/ |title=Mehdi Hasan Launches Show in MSNBC Weekend Prime |first=Brian |last=Steinberg |date=25 February 2021 |access-date=16 March 2021 |archive-date=23 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323152404/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mehdi-hasan-msnbc-weekend-sunday-1234915291/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=30 November 2023 |title=MSNBC cancels Mehdi Hasan's show |url=https://www.semafor.com/article/11/30/2023/msnbc-cancels-mehdi-hasans-show |access-date=30 November 2023 |website=[[Semafor (website)|Semafor]] |language=en}}</ref> On the final broadcast on 7 January 2024, he announced he was leaving MSNBC.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/mehdi-hasan-leaves-msnbc-show-canceled/ |work=The Wrap |title=Medhi Hasan Leaves MSNBC After Show Cancellation |date=8 January 2024 |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108025428/https://www.thewrap.com/mehdi-hasan-leaves-msnbc-show-canceled/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2024, Hasan joined ''[[The Guardian]]'' as a columnist.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 February 2024 |title=Guardian US announces Mehdi Hasan as new regular columnist |url=https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-us-press-office/2024/feb/21/guardian-us-announces-mehdi-hasan-as-new-regular-columnist |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

A graduate of [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], Hasan began his television career as a researcher and then producer on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s [[Jonathan Dimbleby]] programme. Following a stint on the [[BBC]]'s ''[[The Politics Show]],'' he became deputy executive producer on [[Sky News Sunrise|Sky's breakfast show ''Sunrise'']] before moving to [[Channel 4]] as their editor of news and current affairs. In 2009, he was appointed senior editor for politics at the ''[[New Statesman]]''. In 2012, he became a presenter on [[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]]'s English news channel, and in 2015, he moved to Washington, D.C. to work full-time for Al Jazeera on ''[[UpFront]]''<ref name="AJ1214">{{cite news |url=http://pr.aljazeera.com/post/105514616575/mehdi-hasan-to-host-new-weekly-show-on-al-jazeera |title=Mehdi Hasan to host new weekly show on Al Jazeera |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218140031/http://pr.aljazeera.com/post/105514616575/mehdi-hasan-to-host-new-weekly-show-on-al-jazeera |archive-date=18 December 2014 |work=[[Al Jazeera]] |date=18 December 2014 }}</ref> and host the ''Deconstructed'' podcast produced by the online publication ''[[The Intercept]]'' from 2018 to 2020.<ref name="acast goodbye"/>

Hasan is the author of ''[[Win Every Argument]]'' and the co-author of a [[#Selected works|biography]] of former [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] leader [[Ed Miliband]]. He was formerly the political editor of the UK edition of ''[[The Huffington Post]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mehdi-hasan/ |title=Mehdi Hasan |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |access-date=23 March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402065544/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mehdi-hasan/ |archive-date=2 April 2013  }}</ref> and the presenter of the [[Al Jazeera English]] shows: ''[[The Café (2011 talk show)|The Café]]'', ''Head to Head'' and ''UpFront''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/mehdi-hasan.html |title=Mehdi Hasan – Profile |publisher=[[Al Jazeera]] |access-date=23 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707023722/http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/mehdi-hasan.html |archive-date=7 July 2013 }}</ref>  Hasan returned as host of  ''Head to Head'' in June 2024.<ref name="AJHeadToHead2024">{{cite web |url=https://network.aljazeera.net/en/press-releases/al-jazeera-announces-return-%E2%80%98head-head%E2%80%99-mehdi-hasan |title=Al Jazeera announces the return of 'Head to Head' with Mehdi Hasan |publisher=[[Al Jazeera]] |date=19 June 2024 |access-date=2 August 2024 |archive-date=3 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803010727/https://network.aljazeera.net/en/press-releases/al-jazeera-announces-return-%E2%80%98head-head%E2%80%99-mehdi-hasan |url-status=live }}</ref>

He created the digital media company Zeteo News in February 2024: the media "features a broad range of opinions and ideas—not just his".<ref name=Joyella />

==Early life and education==
Hasan was born in [[Swindon]] to [[Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent|Indian Shia Muslim]] parents from the city of [[Hyderabad]] in [[Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)|Andhra Pradesh]] (now in [[Telangana]]).<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Hasan |first=Mehdi |author-link=Mehdi Hasan |user=mehdirhasan |number=680798964480913410 |date=26 December 2015 |title=I'm British, of Indian origin. Here's ludicrous, offensive, inaccurate tweet that ludicrous Fatah quietly deleted: https://t.co/p0yZnqhVku |language=en |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709194505/https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/680798964480913410 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="tweet1">{{cite tweet |last=Hasan |first=Mehdi |author-link=Mehdi Hasan |user=mehdirhasan |number=1106966269897646080 |date=16 March 2019 |title=My dad is an engineer from Hyderabad, India. These stories are so hard to read. RIP. My thoughts and prayers and solidarity goes out to all the victims' families. https://t.co/ty5FqIAyLo |language=en |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528112124/https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1106966269897646080 |archive-date=28 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=Hasan |first=Mehdi |author-link=Mehdi Hasan |user=mehdirhasan |number=1352021522190315525 |date=20 January 2021 |title=I'm the proud son of south Indian immigrants to the West myself so, yes, let me take some pride in this historic success of the daughter of a south Indian immigrant. And, no, it doesn't mean I agree with the new VP's policies or positions on any particular issue. Grow up, folks |language=en |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422094038/https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1352021522190315525 |archive-date=22 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Hasan was privately educated at [[Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood]], a day independent school for boys at Sandy Lodge in the [[Three Rivers District]] of [[Hertfordshire]], near the town of [[Northwood, London|Northwood]] in North West London.<ref name="mts">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtsn.org.uk/index.php?id=159 |title=OMTs |publisher=Merchant Taylors' School |access-date=23 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429162214/http://www.mtsn.org.uk/index.php?id=159 |archive-date=29 April 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref> Hasan and British actor and rapper [[Riz Ahmed]] were schoolmates.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Hasan |first=Mehdi |date=8 August 2024 |title='We've Hit a Tipping Point' – Riz Ahmed on Protest, Joy, and the Power of Story |url=https://zeteo.com/p/freedom-is-about-exploring-joy-riz |access-date=14 September 2024 |website=Zeteo |language=en}}</ref>

Hasan then attended [[Christ Church, Oxford]], where he read [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics]] (PPE)<ref name="mts" /> and graduated in 2000.

==Career==
=== 2009–2011: Early beginnings ===
Hasan worked as a researcher and then producer on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s [[Jonathan Dimbleby]] programme,<ref name="telqt">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9634721/Question-Time-live.html |title=Question Time: as it happened 26th October |date=25 October 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=23 March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029004908/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9634721/Question-Time-live.html |archive-date=29 October 2012  }}</ref> with a brief period in between on [[BBC One]]'s ''[[The Politics Show]]''.<ref name="telqt" /> Following this, he became deputy executive producer on [[Sky News Sunrise|Sky's breakfast show ''Sunrise'']]<ref name="telqt" /> before moving to [[Channel 4]] as their editor of news and current affairs.<ref name="pg">{{cite web |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=49357&c=1 |title=Mehdi Hasan joins HuffPo UK as political director |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907190030/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=49357&c=1 |archive-date=7 September 2012 |work=Press Gazette |date=21 May 2012 }}</ref> He was appointed senior editor for politics at the ''[[New Statesman]]'' in late spring of 2009,<ref>{{cite news |first=Dany |last=Al Samad |url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/media-appointments/new-statesman-recruits-mehdi-hasan-as-senior-editor-politics-/s8/a534650/ |date=4 June 2009 |title=New Statesman recruits Mehdi Hasan as senior editor (Politics) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009111441/http://www.journalism.co.uk/media-appointments/new-statesman-recruits-mehdi-hasan-as-senior-editor-politics-/s8/a534650/ |archive-date=9 October 2013 |work=Journalism.co.uk }}</ref> where he stayed until May 2012, then becoming political director of ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' website.<ref name="pg" />

=== 2012–2020: ''Al Jazeera'' and ''The Intercept'' ===
Hasan became a presenter on [[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]]'s English news channel in May 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/pressoffice/2012/05/20125178571568173.html |title=Mehdi Hasan joins Al Jazeera as host |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711222615/http://www.aljazeera.com/pressoffice/2012/05/20125178571568173.html |archive-date=11 July 2012 |work=Al-Jazeera |date=17 May 2012 }}</ref> Hasan has appeared (six times) on the BBC's ''[[Question Time (TV programme)|Question Time]]'' programme,<ref>On 13 May 2010, 23 September 2010, 10 February 2011, 8 December 2011, 25 October 2012 and 3 October 2013</ref> and the Sunday morning programmes ''[[The Big Questions]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xhgkl |title=The Big Questions |access-date=23 March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120204737/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xhgkl |archive-date=20 January 2011  }}</ref> and ''[[Sunday Morning Live (BBC)|Sunday Morning Live]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0147f3t |title=Sunday Morning Live |access-date=23 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730140339/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0147f3t |archive-date=30 July 2017 |url-status=live  }}</ref> In October 2013 on ''Question Time'', Hasan called the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' "immigrant-bashing, woman-hating, Muslim-smearing, NHS-undermining, [and] gay-baiting". The newspaper responded by printing an e-mail he had sent them in 2010, in which he asked for a column and praised several of their viewpoints. Hasan said the "sycophantic" letter was his writing but criticised the newspaper's decision to publish it.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boyle |first1=Darren |title=Mehdi Hasan: Mail only published my column application letter because Question Time clip went viral |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/mehdi-hasan-mail-only-published-my-job-application-letter-because-question-time/ |access-date=29 October 2024 |work=Press Gazette |date=6 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Journalist Mehdi Hasan in spat with 'Muslim-smearing' Daily Mail |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/media/print/2013/10/06/Journalist-Mehdi-Hasan-in-spat-with-Muslim-smearing-Daily-Mail- |access-date=29 October 2024 |work=Al-Arabiya |date=6 October 2013}}</ref>

In 2013, Hasan took part in a debate at the [[Oxford Union]] to consider whether [[Islam]] is a peaceful religion. Hasan, who is an [[Twelver|Ithna'Asheri Shia Muslim]],  vouched for Islam as a [[religion of peace]], citing political and cultural reasons for violence in Muslim majority countries, as opposed to holding the religion of Islam responsible. In the vote on the motion, the house affirmed with Hasan and the other proposers that Islam is a religion of peace with 286 votes in favor and 168 votes against.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/Jy9tNyp03M0 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130707050714/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy9tNyp03M0&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy9tNyp03M0 |title=Mehdi Hasan {{!}} Islam Is A Peaceful Religion {{!}} Oxford Union |website=YouTube |date=3 July 2013 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> In March 2015, Hasan appeared in a ''Guardian'' opinion video on UK immigration.<ref>{{Citation |title=Immigration: the big lie – Mehdi Hasan {{!}} Comment is Free |date=24 March 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exCD8IUx5s8 |access-date=2024-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222055700/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exCD8IUx5s8 |archive-date=22 February 2024 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> Recorded at the Oxford Union, ''Head to Head'' was a programme on Al Jazeera English in which Hasan interviewed public figures; it had run for three series by December 2014. Since 2015, working full-time for the network in Washington, D.C., Hasan has hosted a weekly interview and discussion programme.<ref name="AJ1214"/> 

Hasan began a podcast in 2018 entitled ''Deconstructed'', produced by the [[investigative journalism]] website ''[[The Intercept]]''. On air, Hasan would discuss recent news topics and host guests. Notable topics covered on the podcast include [[police brutality]], inequality, [[QAnon]], and [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Twitter use by Donald Trump|activity on Twitter]]. Notable podcast guests have included [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Ilhan Omar]], and [[Bernie Sanders]]. On 2 October 2020, Hasan announced that he would no longer host the show as part of his move to host ''The Mehdi Hasan Show'' on [[NBC]]'s new streaming service, [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]].<ref name="acast goodbye">{{cite web |last1=Hasan |first1=Mehdi Hasan |title=A Goodbye Message from Mehdi |url=https://play.acast.com/s/deconstructed-with-mehdi-hasan/agoodbyemessagefrommehdi |website=Acast.com |publisher=Acast |access-date=2 October 2020 |archive-date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008031204/https://play.acast.com/s/deconstructed-with-mehdi-hasan/agoodbyemessagefrommehdi |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== 2021–2024: ''The Mehdi Hasan Show'' and move from MSNBC to ''The Guardian''  ===
Hasan hosted ''The Mehdi Hasan Show''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/news/the-mehdi-hasan-show/8868358030342682112 |title=Watch The Mehdi Hasan Show Streaming Online &#124; Peacock |website=@peacocktv |access-date=16 March 2021 |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501203947/https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/news/the-mehdi-hasan-show/8868358030342682112 |url-status=live }}</ref> on the online service Peacock since Oct 2020 airing weeknights at 7&nbsp;pm [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern]].<ref name=":1" /> Notable guests on ''The Mehdi Hasan Show'' have included [[Mark Ruffalo]], [[Jon Stewart]], [[John Bolton]], [[Keith Ellison]], [[Ro Khanna]], [[John Legend]], and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]]. In March 2021, Hasan launched the same show on [[MSNBC]] every Sunday evening.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/msnbc-gives-mehdi-hasan-show-181638412.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZWNvc2lhLm9yZy8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKjCK55G4lOmLL6By4nEiXd1XlxkFu9OGanB_3fAjaA4HVlWitOpXMu9_Bm4DwR_-OZQIeBJwG-Ek9Hp5dIM_hiCsn6k0wctuBHbNC6uuOy568cVLV3A0jUpKWGSpRfh8X4EB4Ulyznirvm2Wz_PwenFWX8OgaN51GWTD-ZH-Zc- |last=Johnson |first=Ted |title=MSNBC Gives Mehdi Hasan's Show A Sunday Night Slot |publisher=Yahoo News |date=25 February 2021 |access-date=18 September 2021 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918140307/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/msnbc-gives-mehdi-hasan-show-181638412.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZWNvc2lhLm9yZy8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKjCK55G4lOmLL6By4nEiXd1XlxkFu9OGanB_3fAjaA4HVlWitOpXMu9_Bm4DwR_-OZQIeBJwG-Ek9Hp5dIM_hiCsn6k0wctuBHbNC6uuOy568cVLV3A0jUpKWGSpRfh8X4EB4Ulyznirvm2Wz_PwenFWX8OgaN51GWTD-ZH-Zc- |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.msnbc.com/Mehdi-Hasan |title=The Mehdi Hasan Show on MSNBC |website=[[MSNBC]] |access-date=16 March 2021 |archive-date=30 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330202303/https://www.msnbc.com/mehdi-hasan |url-status=live }}</ref> He was also the fill-in host on MSNBC's ''[[All In with Chris Hayes]]'', ''[[The Rachel Maddow Show]]'', ''[[The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle]]'' and ''[[The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell]]''.{{fact|date=November 2024}}

During the [[Gaza war]], MSNBC cancelled Hasan's show.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-13 |title=Inside MSNBC's Middle East conflict |url=https://www.semafor.com/article/10/13/2023/inside-msnbcs-middle-east-conflict |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=[[Semafor (website)|Semafor]] |language=en |archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014233532/https://www.semafor.com/article/10/13/2023/inside-msnbcs-middle-east-conflict |url-status=live }}</ref> NBC stated the change was coincidental and not due to the host's religion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-16 |title=MSNBC denies report it sidelined Muslim anchors |url=https://nypost.com/2023/10/16/msnbc-denies-report-it-sidelined-muslim-anchors/ |access-date=2023-10-21 |language=en-US |archive-date=21 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021144557/https://nypost.com/2023/10/16/msnbc-denies-report-it-sidelined-muslim-anchors/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Heer |first=Jeet |date=2023-10-16 |title=The Fight Over MSNBC's Cave-in to Islamophobia |language=en-US |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/society/msnbc-gaza-hosts-islamophobia/ |access-date=2023-10-21 |issn=0027-8378 |archive-date=21 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021185406/https://www.thenation.com/article/society/msnbc-gaza-hosts-islamophobia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Eric Bazail-Eimil of ''[[Politico]]'' noted, the decision made by the network "in favor of more straight news coverage of the conflict".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/30/msnbc-mehdi-hasan-show-canceled-00129435|title= Progressives criticize MSNBC for canceling Mehdi Hasan show|website= Politico|date= 30 November 2023|accessdate= 13 March 2024|archive-date= 13 March 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240313215847/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/30/msnbc-mehdi-hasan-show-canceled-00129435|url-status= live}}</ref> On 30 November 2023, it was announced that Hasan's MSNBC and Peacock shows would end.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=MSNBC To Drop Mehdi Hasan's Show, Launch 'The Weekend' As Part Of Overhaul Of Saturday And Sunday Lineup |url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/msnbc-weekend-mehdi-hasan-1235644017/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=30 November 2023 |access-date=30 November 2023 |archive-date=30 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130162112/https://deadline.com/2023/11/msnbc-weekend-mehdi-hasan-1235644017/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Hasan announced at the end of his final show on 7 January 2024 that he had decided to leave the network.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weprin |first=Alex |date=2024-01-08 |title=Mehdi Hasan Exits MSNBC After Cancelation of His Sunday Show |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mehdi-hasan-out-msnbc-after-show-canceled-1235781248/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108031327/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mehdi-hasan-out-msnbc-after-show-canceled-1235781248/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Hasan joined ''[[The Guardian]]'' as a regular columnist in February.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mastrangelo |first=Dominick |date=2024-02-21 |title=Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan joining The Guardian |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4480462-former-msnbc-host-mehdi-hasan-joining-the-guardian/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |work=The Hill |language=en-US |archive-date=22 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222054934/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4480462-former-msnbc-host-mehdi-hasan-joining-the-guardian/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2024: Launching of the digital media company Zeteo and the return of ''Head to Head''===
''[[Forbes]]'' interviewed Hasan in February 2024 when the website Zeteo News was created on the [[Substack]] platform. Hasan stated: Zeteo "is an ancient Greek word that means to seek out, to inquire, to get to the truth".<ref name=Joyella>{{Cite news |last=Joyella |first=Mark |date=2024-02-28 |title=Mehdi Hasan Says His New Digital Media Company Will Allow Him 'To Speak Bluntly' About The News |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2024/02/28/mehdi-hasan-says-his-new-digital-media-company-will-allow-him-to-speak-bluntly-about-the-news/ |work=Forbes |access-date=2024-03-15 |archive-date=23 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323122701/https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2024/02/28/mehdi-hasan-says-his-new-digital-media-company-will-allow-him-to-speak-bluntly-about-the-news/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Zeteo was presented as a subscription-based news organization. He announced that the platform will "bring you hard-hitting interviews and unsparing analysis that you won't find elsewhere".<ref name=Joyella /> Hasan presents a new video series on the Zeteo News channel,<ref name=Debunked>{{Cite news |date=2024-03-06|title=Debunked! – the first in Mehdi Hassan's new series|url=https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/seven-lies-abut-gaza-debunked-the-first-in-mehdi-hassans-new-series/ |work=Jewishvoiceforlabour.org |access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref> the first one was called "Debunked! Top seven lies about Gaza".<ref name=Debunked />

Contributors announced upon Zeteo's launch in April 2024 included [[Naomi Klein]], [[Greta Thunberg]], [[Viet Thanh Nguyen]], [[John Harwood (journalist)|John Harwood]], [[Fatima Bhutto]] and [[Owen Jones]], who would co-host the podcast ''Two Outspoken'' alongside Hasan.<ref name=":2" /> On 19 April 2024, it was announced that [[Bassem Youssef]] will join Zeteo as co-host for their new podcast ''We're Not Kidding''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: Bassem Youssef Joins Zeteo |url=https://zeteo.com/p/exclusive-bassem-youssef-joins-zeteo |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=zeteo.com |language=en}}</ref>

In June 2024, Al-Jazeera announced the return of Hasan as host of ''Head to Head''.<ref name="AJHeadToHead2024" /> The program returned with two interviews, one with Israeli historian, [[Benny Morris]], and another with the former translator for [[Deng Xiaoping]], [[Victor Gao]], recorded in London in July 2024.<ref name="AJHeadToHead2024" />

In late October 2024, Hasan appeared as a guest panelist on the [[CNN]] show ''[[CNN NewsNight|NewsNight with Abby Phillip]]'' to discuss the controversies surrounding statements made at the [[2024 Trump rally at Madison Square Garden]]. During the discussion, CNN contributor Ryan Girdusky told Hasan "Yeah, well, I hope your beeper doesn’t go off," referring to the [[2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks]] which targeted members of [[Hezbollah]] by exploding their [[pager]]s. Hasan pushed back against the assertion, asking Girdusky "Did you just say I should die? Did you just say I should be killed live on CNN?". Other panelists objected to Girdusky's comment and Girdusky was admonished by host [[Abby Phillip]]. When the show returned from break, Girdusky had been removed from the panel and Phillip apologized to Hasan. CNN quickly released a statement stating that "There is zero room for racism or bigotry at CNN or on our air," and that "Ryan Girdusky will not be welcomed back at our network.”<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/business/cnn-pager-comment-mehdi-hasan.html|title=CNN Bars Pro-Trump Guest After His 'Beeper' Remark to Mehdi Hasan|last=M. Grynbaum|first=Michael|work=[[The New York Times]]|quote=CNN barred a conservative commentator from its programs after he made on-air remarks on Monday that seemed to imply that another guest, the pundit Mehdi Hasan, was a member of Hezbollah.|date=29 October 2024|accessdate=29 October 2024}}</ref>

==Views and political beliefs==
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=== Islamic faith ===
During a sermon delivered in 2009, Hasan made remarks about "the [[Kafir|kuffar]], the disbelievers, the atheists who remain deaf and stubborn to the teachings of Islam, the rational message of the [[Quran]]." Quoting a verse of the Quran, Hasan used the term "cattle" to describe non-believers and called them "incapable of the intellectual effort  it requires to shake off those blind prejudices."<ref>{{cite web |title=Arbaeen Majlis 2009 (Mehdi Hassan) |publisher=Islamic Unity Society |date=2009 |url=http://www.ius.org.uk/audio/arbaeen-majlis-2009.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907055648/http://www.ius.org.uk/audio/arbaeen-majlis-2009.html |archive-date=7 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="Non-Believers">{{Cite news |first=Jon |last=Levine |title=Al Jazeera Host Mehdi Hasan Apologizes for Past Criticisms of Non-Believers |newspaper=The Wrap |date=25 March 2019 |url=https://www.thewrap.com/al-jazeera-host-mehdi-hasan-apologizes-for-past-criticisms-of-non-believers/ |access-date=12 January 2021 |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119043625/https://www.thewrap.com/al-jazeera-host-mehdi-hasan-apologizes-for-past-criticisms-of-non-believers/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first=Douglas |last=Murray |title=Peter Hitchens vs Mehdi Hasan |newspaper=The Spectator |date=6 August 2012 |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/peter-hitchens-vs-mehdi-hasan |access-date=17 March 2022 |archive-date=17 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317201616/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/peter-hitchens-vs-mehdi-hasan |url-status=live }}</ref> He also included [[homosexuality]] in a list of categories which he argued were transgressive of Islam.<ref name="Non-Believers"/>

In 2019, Hasan apologized for these earlier statements, which he declared to "deeply regret" now, and called them "dumb", "ranty" and "offensive".<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1109562125838630915 |user=mehdirhasan |title=Like a lot of journos (humans?) I've said things years ago that I now deeply regret. Chief among them for me is, more than a decade ago, in my 20s, when I wasn't a public figure, I gave a bunch of speeches to students on Islam/extremism. And I said dumb offensive ranty stuff. 2/ |first=Mehdi |last=Hasan |date=23 Mar 2019 |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/al-jazeera-host-mehdi-hasan-apologizes-for-past-criticisms-of-non-believers/ |title=Al Jazeera Host Mehdi Hasan Apologizes for Past Criticisms of Non-Believers|date=25 March 2019|access-date=12 January 2021|archive-date=19 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119043625/https://www.thewrap.com/al-jazeera-host-mehdi-hasan-apologizes-for-past-criticisms-of-non-believers/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Israel–Hamas war===
In February 2024, Hasan wrote in ''[[The Guardian]]'' that U.S. president [[Joe Biden]] should end the [[Gaza genocide]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hasan |first=Mehdi |date=2024-02-21 |title=Biden can end the bombing of Gaza right now. Here's how |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/21/biden-stop-gaza-bombing-genocide-israel |access-date=2024-09-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=10 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910063200/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/21/biden-stop-gaza-bombing-genocide-israel |url-status=live }}</ref> During an interview on ''[[Democracy Now!]]'' in late March 2024, Hasan expressed his concern about "[[Gaza genocide|genocide in Gaza]]" with regard to [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)|Israel's 2023 incursion into Gaza]] after the [[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel|October 7 attack on Israel]], and that Palestinian perspectives are not shared in U.S. media.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Amy Goodman, Nermeen Shaikh (Hosts), Mehdi Hasan (Guest) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJGumuVW2iA |title=Mehdi Hasan on Genocide in Gaza, the Silencing of Palestinian Voices in U.S. Media & Trump's Fascism |access-date=14 March 2024 |work=Democracy Now! |date=14 March 2024 |time=4:17,13:24 |archive-date=15 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315054107/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJGumuVW2iA |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Middle East Eye]] reported that Hasan "challenges [[Piers Morgan]]'s treatment of pro-Palestinian guests".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXIuliSNDS4 |title=Mehdi Hassan challenges Piers Morgan's treatment of pro-Palestinian guests |access-date=14 March 2024 |work=[[Middle East Eye]] |date=14 March 2024 |archive-date=15 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315054107/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXIuliSNDS4 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Antisemitism===
In a May 2021 interview with [[CNN]] on the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]], Pakistan's Foreign Minister [[Shah Mahmood Qureshi]] said that Israelis "are very influential people", adding, "I mean, they control media." Hasan tweeted during the ensuing controversy: "I see some people trying to defend the Pakistani foreign minister's remarks as anti-Israeli & not [[Antisemitism|anti-Semitic]] but let's be clear: if you are accusing Israelis of having 'deep pockets' and 'controlling' the media, then yeah, you're invoking some pretty anti-Semitic slurs. Sorry."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ayaz Gul |date=21 May 2021 |title=Pakistan Official's Alleged Antisemitic Remarks Spark Controversy |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/south-central-asia_pakistan-officials-alleged-antisemitic-remarks-spark-controversy/6206054.html |website=[[Voice of America]] |language=en |access-date=19 November 2021 |archive-date=19 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119112247/https://www.voanews.com/a/south-central-asia_pakistan-officials-alleged-antisemitic-remarks-spark-controversy/6206054.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Abortion===
Hasan was formerly [[Anti-abortion movements|against abortion]], a position he has since rejected. In an October 2012 online column for the ''[[New Statesman]]'' he defended his anti-abortion views in print, writing "What I would like is for my fellow lefties and liberals to try to understand and respect the views of those of us who are [[pro-life]]".<ref name="Hasan1211">{{cite news |last=Hasan |first=Mehdi |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/lifestyle/2012/10/being-pro-life-doesnt-make-me-any-less-lefty |title=Being pro-life doesn't make me any less of a lefty |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105073414/http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/lifestyle/2012/10/being-pro-life-doesnt-make-me-any-less-lefty |archive-date=5 January 2013 |work=New Statesman |date=11 October 2012}} Hasan's two articles on the abortion debate were cross-posted at ''The Huffington Post''.</ref> Hasan argued that the issue of abortion "is one of those rare political issues on which left and right seem to have swapped ideologies: right-wingers talk of equality, human rights and 'defending the innocent', while left-wingers fetishise 'choice', selfishness and unbridled individualism."<ref name="Hasan1211"/> He later expressed regret for his comments.<ref name="Hasan1216">{{cite news |last=Hasan |first=Mehdi |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2012/10/10-things-i-learned-debating-abortion-twitter |title=10 things I learned from debating abortion on Twitter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218110641/http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2012/10/10-things-i-learned-debating-abortion-twitter |url-status=live |archive-date=18 December 2012 |work=New Statesman |date=16 October 2012}}</ref> However, the article gained much attention on Twitter<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iv-drip/has-prolifer-mehdi-hasan-been-victimised-on-twitter-8212873.html |url-status=live |title=Has pro-lifer Mehdi Hasan been victimised on Twitter? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227014541/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iv-drip/has-prolifer-mehdi-hasan-been-victimised-on-twitter-8212873.html |archive-date=27 December 2012 |work=The Independent |date=16 October 2012}}</ref> and Hasan debated the issue with [[Suzanne Moore]] on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Today (BBC Radio 4)|Today]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9760000/9760248.stm |title=Can the left be anti-abortion? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203034113/http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9760000/9760248.stm |url-status=live |archive-date=3 December 2012 |work=Today |publisher=BBC News |date=16 October 2012}}</ref>

In a 2020 series of tweets, Hasan expressed regrets for "having expressed offensive & illiberal views in the past on everything from homosexuality to abortion" and stated that they were views he no longer holds.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Hasan |first=Mehdi |author-link=Mehdi Hasan |user=mehdirhasan |number=1280693015280078848 |date=7 July 2020 |title=I'm under no illusions btw: I say this as someone who has been lambasted by many liberals online – & almost hounded out of a job – for having expressed offensive & illiberal views in the past on everything from homosexuality to abortion (views which I regret, & no longer hold). |language=en |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614183105/https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1280693015280078848 |archive-date=14 June 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Pakistan ===
Hasan has been critical of the human rights situation in [[Human rights in Pakistan|Pakistan]], expressing disapproval of the country's [[blasphemy law]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hasan |first=Mehdi |date=21 August 2012 |title=Not In My Name: Islam, Pakistan and the Blasphemy Laws |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mehdi-hasan/not-in-my-name-islam-pakistan-and-blasphemy-laws_b_1815522.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813165736/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mehdi-hasan/not-in-my-name-islam-pakistan-and-blasphemy-laws_b_1815522.html |archive-date=2021-08-13 |website=[[HuffPost UK]] |language=en}}</ref> as well as enforced disappearances in [[Balochistan]]. He has also criticised the human rights situation in both Indian and Pakistan-administered [[Kashmir]], and has called out alleged backing from Pakistan for terror groups like [[Jaish-e-Mohammed|Jaish-e-Muhammad]] and [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] to carry out attacks in the Indian-administered region.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hasan |first1=Mehdi |last2=Mazari |first2=Shireen |title=Kashmir and Balochistan: Will Pakistan own up to rights abuses? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJLYxkUN3zY |work=UpFront |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English]] |via=YouTube |access-date=19 November 2021 |archive-date=19 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119112254/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJLYxkUN3zY |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Saudi Arabia ===
Hasan has made several statements in opposition to the [[Saudi Government|Saudi government]], including challenging a statement made by [[Donald Trump]], in which he claimed that he himself had no financial interests in Saudi Arabia, an allegation which Trump called "fake news".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/16/politics/donald-trump-saudi-financial-interests/index.html |title=No financial interests in Saudi Arabia? Trump has said differently before |first1=Kevin|last1=Liptak|first2=Erica|last2=Orden |website=CNN |date=16 October 2018 |access-date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220002936/https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/16/politics/donald-trump-saudi-financial-interests/index.html |archive-date=20 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hasan challenged Trump's statements in a video essay published by ''[[The Intercept]]'' in October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://theintercept.com/2018/10/16/donald-trump-saudi-arabia/ |title=Does Saudi Arabia Own Donald Trump? |last=Hasan |first=Mehdi |date=16 October 2018 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US |access-date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220062819/https://theintercept.com/2018/10/16/donald-trump-saudi-arabia/ |archive-date=20 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2019, during a debate organised by [[Intelligence Squared]] in London,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/west-needs-to-cut-all-ties-with-saudi-arabia-3473913 |title='West needs to cut all ties with Saudi Arabia' |last=Şafak |first=Yeni |website=Yeni Şafak |language=tr-TR |access-date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220003142/https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/west-needs-to-cut-all-ties-with-saudi-arabia-3473913 |archive-date=20 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hasan stated that the West should cut ties with Saudi Arabia, saying: "It's time we make clear that the West needs to cut its ties with Saudi Arabia, especially military ties, arms exports, weapons, bombs."<ref name=":0" />

The comments were made in response to the [[assassination of Jamal Khashoggi]], allegedly ordered by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, [[Mohammad bin Salman|Mohammad Bin Salman]], as well as several human rights violations which Hasan cited as also being carried out by Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shalaby |first=Khaled  |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/video/mehdi-hasan-argues-west-should-cut-ties-saudi-arabia |title=Mehdi Hasan argues that the West should cut ties with Saudi Arabia |work=Middle East Eye |access-date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220062914/https://www.middleeasteye.net/video/mehdi-hasan-argues-west-should-cut-ties-saudi-arabia |date=5 February 2019 |archive-date=20 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hasan had previously interviewed Khashoggi about freedom of speech in Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Hasan |first1=Mehdi |last2=Khashoggi |first2=Jamal |last3=Shihabi |first3=Ali |date=20 Oct 2018 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/khashoggi-life-mbs-dares-speak-181010065141849.html |title=Khashoggi on life under MBS: 'Nobody dares to speak' |work=UpFront |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206191401/https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/khashoggi-life-mbs-dares-speak-181010065141849.html |archive-date=6 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Hasan is married. He and his wife have two daughters.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Jung |first=E. Alex |date=2024-04-23 |title=Mehdi Hasan Wants to Debate You |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/mehdi-hasan-zeteo-msnbc-palestine.html |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=[[Intelligencer (website)|Intelligencer]] |language=en |archive-date=12 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512083452/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/mehdi-hasan-zeteo-msnbc-palestine.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Hasan became a [[Naturalization|naturalized citizen]] of the United States on October 9, 2020.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1314548600345686016 |user=mehdirhasan |title=Anyways, back to the oath ceremony. Took the oath. Congratulated my fellow immigrants. Got the naturalization certificate. It's done. I'm officially a citizen of the United States and ready to vote, weeks before the most consequential U.S. election of our lifetimes. |author=Mehdi Hassan |date=9 October 2020}}</ref>

Hasan is a supporter of [[Liverpool F.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DI7DACop7gf/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==
In January 2014, Hasan was awarded the Services to Media award at the [[British Muslim Awards]].<ref name="asianimage">{{cite news |url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/united_kingdom/10978079.British_Muslim_Awards_2014_winners/ |title=British Muslim Awards 2014 winners |publisher=Asian Image |date=31 January 2014 |access-date=1 November 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122185051/http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/united_kingdom/10978079.British_Muslim_Awards_2014_winners/ |archive-date=22 November 2015 }}</ref> In 2017, he was named European Young Leader by the Brussels-based think tank {{interlanguage link|Friends of Europe|de}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.friendsofeurope.org/events/european-young-leaders-eyl40-programme-lisbon-seminar/#speakers |title=European Young Leaders (EYL40) programme – Lisbon seminar |website={{interlanguage link|Friends of Europe|de}} |date=16 March 2017 |language=en |archive-date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305073812/https://www.friendsofeurope.org/events/european-young-leaders-eyl40-programme-lisbon-seminar/#speakers |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Hasan won the Society of Professional Journalists' [[Sigma Delta Chi Award]] for Online Column Writing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Announcing the 2018 Sigma Delta Chi Award winners |url=https://www.spj.org/news.asp?REF=1644 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225103940/https://www.spj.org/news.asp?ref=1644 |archive-date=25 February 2021 |access-date=16 March 2021 |website=[[Society of Professional Journalists]]}}</ref>

==Selected works==
* With James Macintyre. ''Ed: The Milibands and the making of a Labour leader'', London, Biteback Publishing, 2011. {{ISBN|978-1-84954-102-2}}
* ''Summer of Unrest: The Debt Delusion: Exposing ten Tory myths about debts, deficits and spending cuts'', Vintage Digital, 28 July 2011.
* ''[[Win Every Argument|Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking]]''. Henry Holt and Co. 2023. ISBN 9781250853479

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Mehdi Hasan}}
*[http://www.newstatesman.com/mehdi-hasan Hasan at the New Statesman]
*[https://www.c-span.org/person/?mehdihasan Hasan on C-SPAN]
*[http://www.aljazeera.com/profile/mehdi-hasan.html Mehdi Hasan] at Al Jazeera English
*{{YouTube channel|handle=zeteonews|text=Zeteo News, Mehdi Hasan's YouTube channel}}
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3925728 Mehdi Hasan] at IMDb
*[https://zeteo.com/? Zeteo] (Substack)  

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