Writing & resources — hamidnaeem.me
Not a blog.
A toolkit.
There wasn't a guide for this when I started — no one at the bar association reading model cards, no data science forum that had heard of a writ petition. This is what I've built since: a field guide, a resource library, and an honest account of how I got here — updated as I go, not written from the end of the story.
Field Guide — start here if you're new to the space
Resource Library — tools and databases worth knowing
AI Governance & Regulation
4Primary texts, monitoring tools
EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, OECD AI Policy Observatory, Stanford HAI Index. The sources that matter before you cite anything else.
Legal Research
4Databases and court resources
Pakistan Law Site, Indian Kanoon, Google Scholar case law, ICANN. Cross-jurisdictional coverage without institutional access.
Data Privacy
4Regulators, guidance, frameworks
EDPB opinions, CCPA enforcement letters, IAPP global tracker, Pakistan PDPA legislative status. The primary sources before the commentary.
Newsletters
4Signal over noise
The Digital Gavel, AI Snake Oil, Lawfare, Tech Policy Press. Curated for practitioners who need analysis, not alerts.
A note on coverage
The Global South isn't an afterthought here — it's the angle.
Most AI governance writing comes from Brussels, London, or Washington. This toolkit is built from the opposite direction: from someone practicing in Islamabad, working across South Asian and Gulf legal frameworks, and asking what the EU AI Act actually means when the regulator is the FIA, not the ICO.