Abu Walid al-Masri

Mustafa Hamid (Arabic: مصطفى حامد; March 1945 – December 2025), also known as Abu Walid al-Masri (Arabic: أبو وليد المصري) and Hashim al-Makki (Arabic: هاشم المكّي), was an Egyptian journalist who in the 1980s fought as an Islamic jihad volunteer during the Soviet–Afghan War. He is reported to have been an al-Qaeda advisor and taught at the Al Farouq training camp in the 1990s. He served as a bureau chief in Afghanistan for Al Jazeera from 1998 to 2001, before leaving for Iran.

Hamid was arrested in 2003 and placed under house arrest for eight years. He was released in 2011 and returned to Egypt after its revolution.

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