HAMDAN AZHAR writes about technology and culture, politics, and religion in America. His writings have appeared in WIRED, Forbes, VICE, the Washington Post, and the Christian Science Monitor, among other outlets. (For academic publications, please refer to Google Scholar.)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
* DATA SCIENCE *
Stop waiting for someone to “give you a chance” to be a data scientist
Towards Data Science, January 4, 2021

The lost art of data science for understanding
Towards Data Science, July 13, 2020

* DATA JOURNALISM *
Politicians Don't Trust Facebook—Unless They're Campaigning
WIRED, June 26, 2019
* Related: Coverage in Marketplace, The Verge

Trump Campaign Paid His Businesses Another $293,000 At The End Of 2016
Forbes, Feb. 2, 2017

2016 Vs. 2012: How Trump's Win And Clinton's Votes Stack Up To Romney And Obama
Forbes, Dec. 29, 2016

This Year's Top Presidential Campaigns Spent Over $1B -- Here's Where It All Went
Forbes, Nov. 4, 2016

* EMOJIS *
The Top Emojis of Ramadan: A Global Analysis 🌙🙏🏽❤️
PRISMOJI, June 2, 2017

The Resistance Will Be Emojified
Emojipedia, Feb. 6, 2017
* Related: Emoji data science in R: A tutorial; coverage in Mashable

The Top Emojis of Election Day 2016
PRISMOJI, Nov. 25, 2016

Hearts, Snakes, and DJ Khaled: 6 ways emoji data science explains pop culture (and your world)
PRISMOJI, Aug. 10, 2016
* Related: Coverage in VICE (Motherboard)

The Emojis of Great Brexit
VICE (Motherboard), June 30, 2016

* TECH CULTURE *
Neither here nor there: On losing my Snapchat best friend
The Islamic Monthly, June 24, 2015

Drones are not dangerous: Normalization, New Journalism, and the New Drone Culture
The State, Dec. 18, 2013

SXSW 2013: This revolution is brought to you by…
The Washington Post, Mar. 11, 2013

What Does the Future Of Innovation Look Like? Thought Leaders At 'The Intersection' Give Us a Glimpse
Mic, Jan. 28, 2013

Human Immortality: Singularity Summit Looks Forward to the Day That Humans Can Live Forever
Mic, Oct. 15, 2012

* INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM *
21 Shots and the Pursuit of Justice: An Imam Dies in Michigan
The Huffington Post, Mar. 14, 2010

Death of a Detroit Imam Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
The Huffington Post, Nov. 5, 2009

* POLITICS *
Identity, Consciousness, and the Global War on Terror
Counterpunch, June 21-23, 2013

Sam Harris and the New Islamophobes, Deconstructed
Religion Dispatches, May 2, 2013

The Ron Paul Effect: How the GOP Threw the Election By Disenfranchising Ron Paul Supporters
Mic, Nov. 8, 2012

‘Ground Zero Mosque’: Islamophobic extremists are fueling the controversy
The Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 4, 2010

In the Name of Hope: Perpetual War and the Nobel Peace Prize
The Huffington Post, Oct. 19, 2009

Hope, Hype, and the Many Faces of Barack Obama
The Huffington Post, Oct. 2, 2009

White Rivers, Brown Skin, and Black Deeds
The Huffington Post, Sept. 3, 2009

The audacity to hope – for more
The Michigan Daily, Oct. 30, 2008

A Generation Defined by War: The Broken Record Continues
Counterpunch, May 14, 2008

Pakistan and the American Dream
The Columbia Spectator, Nov. 9, 2007

Looking back: One Year After September 11th
The Mirror International, Sept. 11, 2002