Ammar Abdulhamid (Arabic: عمار عبد الحميد; born 30 May 1966) is a Syrian-born author, human rights activist, political dissident, co-founder and president of the Tharwa Foundation.

They currently live in Washington, D.C., with their two children Oula (1986) and Mouhanad (1990) awaiting political asylum in the United States.

Abdulhamid was a visiting fellow in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution 2004–2006.

[8] In April 2012, a delegation of Syrian opposition members including Abdulhamid, visited Pristina, Kosovo.

[12] In 2014, Abdulhamid called for the United States to arm the Syrian opposition, enforce a no-fly zone and expand U.S. military action beyond Iraq.