Hisham al-Hashimi (Arabic: هشام الهاشمي; 9 May 1973 – 6 July 2020) was an Iraqi historian and researcher in security and strategic affairs and extremist groups, and a specialist on the subject of the Islamic State and its supporters.

[13] He worked in the field of modern and "jurisprudential" manuscripts, although his academic achievement was Bachelor of Economics and Administration - Statistics Department.

[21][22][23] On 1 July 2020, he published a report titled "The internal dispute within the Popular Mobilization Forces", his last work before his assassination.

However, Al-Hashimi had reportedly received direct death and kidnapping threats from members and commanders within Kata'ib Hezbollah and the Popular Mobilization Forces.

[33][34] In July 2021, four men were arrested including former police officer Ahmed Hamdawi Owayid al-Kinani who confessed that he assassinated al-Hashimi with a licensed gun, as he had previously worked in the Ministry of Interior.