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Katie Halper Show
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 3:00 PM
AKBAR SHAHID AHMED & ANNELLE SHELINE
On today’s program Katie speaks with journalist Akbar Shahid Ahmed and former State Department Foreign Affairs Officer Annelle Sheline talk about how the Biden administration’s horrific choices on Gaza and beyond are still shaping US policy, while the policymakers responsible are trying to deflect blame and getting cushy jobs.
Akbar Shahid Ahmed is the diplomatic correspondent at The Washington Sun. For his Gaza coverage, he has received a Writers Guild Award and a New York Press Club Award and has twice been a finalist for the Livingston Award. Based in Washington, D.C., Ahmed previously covered foreign policy at HuffPost for twelve years. He is a Yale graduate who grew up in Karachi, Pakistan.
Annelle Sheline, Ph.D., is a research fellow in the Middle East program. She previously served as a Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor’s Office of Near Eastern Affairs (DRL/NEA), before resigning in March 2024 in protest over the Biden administration’s unconditional support for Israeli military operations in Gaza. Her book “Weaponizing Tolerance: Arab Monarchies and American Support for Moderate Islam” will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2027.
