Shada Islam is an award-winning and influential Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs. She has long been a leading voice on geopolitics and on building an anti-racist and authentically feminist “Union of Equality”. Shada now runs her own strategy and advisory company New Horizons Project and publishes regularly in the EU Observer, the Guardian and Hyphen Online. In 2017, Politico identified her as one of Brussels' 20 most influential women. In 2023 and 2024, she was on the ZN Consulting list of 50 top influencers. Shada won the European Movement International’s 2023 European of the Year in Media award.