Grace Sharp @gracesharpp.bsky.social Features Editor @DisruptionBanking & @MRKT3.0. Writing about AI, power, and where money actually flows in tech.
Always keen to meet more founders, professionals, and interesting people building in AI and tech.
James Miller (Millermena) @jamesmiller.bsky.social The Casual Analyst: https://www.thecasualanalyst.com/
Expert on pro-democracy movements & the fight against autocrats in Ukraine, Russia, Syria & beyond. Liveblogging & OSINT pioneer, Twitter OG turned refugee (Millermena). Trying to save my own Republic
Dima Samaro @dimasamaro.bsky.social Palestinian | Lawyer & Digital Rights Advocate | Tech, Law, & Society Nexus | Middle East & North Africa
I.B. Tauris (former imprint of Bloomsbury) @ibtauris.bsky.social All new Middle East Studies books now branded Bloomsbury Academic
Follow @bloomsburypol.bsky.social for updates on all new Politics & Area Studies books, incl. Middle East
Miray Philips - ميراي فيلبس @mirayphilips.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto
I study transnational religion, memory, rights & violence in the Middle East and its diasporas
📸 "our demise doesn't have to be like this"
www.mirayphilips.com
Muhsen ALMustafa @handle.invalid Researcher in Military Civil Relations at Omran Center | 🇸🇾
muhsenalmustafa.com
Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social Global affairs columnist @NewYorker.com. Dad. Victoria concordia crescit.
Ahmed Attallah @ahmedattalla.bsky.social Executive Director of the Egyptian Front for Human Rights & MA student in EU Studies at UCLouvain
Ariana Hashtrudi @ahashtrudi.bsky.social Middle East News Editor at https://Maghrebi.org, a non-partisan MENA news site
Arwa @arwashobaki.bsky.social 1 in 8 billion; Managing Director @Mideastdc.org
Nehal S. @nehals86.bsky.social Artiste visuelle
صاحبة هذا الحساب تقدس طاجن الكوارع بورق العنب
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Abdullah Alaoudh عبدالله العودة @aalodah.bsky.social عبدالله العودة
Senior Policy Advisor for the Gulf Issues at American Committee for Middle East Rights. Founding Member of the National Assembly Party
مستشار متقدم لسياسات الخليج في اللجنة الأمريكية لحقوق الشرق الأوسط وعضو مؤسس في حزب التجمع الوطني
Edinburgh Greens @edinburghgreens.bsky.social Edinburgh Branch of the SGP | We are the voice fighting for a greener and fairer Scotland at Holyrood and in the City Chambers 💚 | Join us https://greens.scot
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Maged Mandour @magedmandour.bsky.social An Egyptian who writes about Egypt , among other things. Author Egypt under El-Sisi, now available.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/egypt-under-elsisi-9780755649136/
Another Green @anothergreen.bsky.social #ClimateChange #Renewables #Ecosocialism #Think32 #ElinorOstrom #Commons #CorneliusCardew #GaeilgeGachLá #Marx
Middle East Democracy Center @mideastdc.org We work to free the unjustly detained and advocate for US policies that protect human rights and democracy in the Middle East and North Africa.
Scottish Green Palestine Solidarity Group @sgpalestinegroup.bsky.social We are the Scottish Greens’ Palestine Solidarity Group. We campaign for freedom, justice, and self-determination for the Palestinian people!
Hafsa Halawa @hafsahalawa.bsky.social Egyptian/Iraqi Brit. Political analyst and mediation specialist, working across MENA/Horn of Africa. Views here my own. RT ≠ endorsement.
Areej Al Sadhan @sadhan.bsky.social #FreeSadhan
Hesham Sallam @wazirelkif.bsky.social Stanford, Jadaliyya, among others. Opinions are mine
Maryam Al-Khawaja @maryamalkhawaja.bsky.social Award winning Bahraini/Danish Human Rights Defender; consultant, trainer and public speaker. 2013 Nobel Prize nominee. #FreeAlKhawaja @freealkhawaja
عمو حسام @barracks.substack.com In a dictatorship, independent journalism, by default, becomes a form of activism, and the spread of information is essentially an act of agitation.
My book: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3225-counterrevolution-in-egypt
لينا الهذلول Lina Alhathloul @linaalhathloul.bsky.social 
Mona Seif @monasosh.bsky.social This time I won't run after anything, you will find me playing with ducks.
Scientist, Human Rights Defender, Cat Decipherer, and Mother 💛
#FreeAlaa 
Hassan Hassan @hhassan.bsky.social Founder and Editor in Chief, @newlinesmag.bsky.social. New York Times Bestselling Author https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1682450201/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1699110557&sr=8-1. Father of two boys
Jeremy Scahill @jeremyscahill.com Journalist at @DropSiteNews.com. Author of Blackwater and Dirty Wars. Former twitter combatant. Proton: jeremy@dropsitenews.com
Andrew M Leber @andrewleber.bsky.social Asst. Prof. of political science, Tulane U
MENA politics, some photography, some translation
New Orleans, LA ⚜️
Timothy E. Kaldas @tekaldas.bsky.social Deputy Director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social
Analyst, Student, Professor, and Professional Cynic
Study and teach at @uab.cat in Barcelona
#RefugeesWelcome He/Him
📍Barcelona
Joey Shea @joeyshea.bsky.social Saudi Arabia and UAE Researcher @HRW • she/her
https://www.hrw.org/about/people/joey-shea
Meg Kelly @megkelly.bsky.social senior visual forensics reporter
@washingtonpost
tips/ ideas: meg.kelly@washpost.com
usual caveats, dm for whatsapp, signal 
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Crisis Group @crisisgroup.org We're an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict.
Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com Researcher and analyst looking at Lebanon, Syria and the wider neighborhood. Senior @cipolicy.bsky.social Fellow. Former @tcfdotorg.bsky.social @crisisgroup.org. "Jamajem" means ☠️.
www.abujamajem.com
Drewery Dyke @drewerydyke.bsky.social Middle East, governance, human rights; not keen on asymmetric power structures; more so justice. Wannabe sociologist. Senior Fellow @FPCThinkTank; Salam for Democracy and Human Rights. From Winnipeg 🇨🇦; now in Hackney 🇬🇧.Banner - the family 🐈, Herbert.
POMEPS @pomeps.bsky.social Project on Middle East Political Science directed by Marc Lynch (@abuaardvark.bsky.social)
Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social Sociologist of law and conflict. I write about torture, war crimes, military courts and occupations. Ask me about Guantánamo. 
Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social Prof of Middle East Politics at NYU Abu Dhabi. Tunisia, Turkey, Gulf. PhD St Antony's College, Oxford. Rhodes, Fulbright, Harvard WCFIA.
Religion & democracy. Tango & bizarre travel enthusiast. Perpetually craving Istanbul. Words in NYT, WaPo, TIME & more
The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social TIMEP is dedicated to centering localized perspectives in the policy discourse on the Middle East and North Africa. (Twitter: @TIMEPDC)
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Khaled Elgindy @elgindy.bsky.social Middle East analyst | author, ‘Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, from Balfour to Trump’ http://tinyurl.com/y5qpl6bb 
Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck.bsky.social Award-winning foreign correspondent. Former @washingtonpost.com staff writer. Now: London. Previously: Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo. Email me: louisaloveluck@gmail.com.
Thanassis Cambanis @tcambanis.bsky.social VP for Research @CIPolicy. Former @CenturyIntl.
Books: Iraq war (forthcoming), Once Upon a Revolution, Shia Power, Hezbollah, Hybrid Actors, Citizenship & Discontents.
Jerome Drevon @jeromed.bsky.social Associate at Graduate Institute Geneva. Interested in armed groups. Books on Jihad in Egypt and Syria (openaccess). Last book on HTS's rise to power in Syria, Transformed by the People
Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org The Global Think Tank.
carnegieendowment.org
Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social International crouton etc.
Kristen McTighe @kristenmctighe.bsky.social Recovering foreign correspondent. Previously in Cairo, Istanbul, Tunis, Madrid & Paris. 2x cancer survivor🎗️
Judith Hoppermann @jhoppermann.bsky.social PhD Candidate @soasuni.bsky.social | Forced Migration & IR in MENA | Prev. @uni-freiburg.de
Cate Brown @catebrown.bsky.social political investigations at @TheGuardian. formerly @WashingtonPost. power over/power to
tips: cate.brown@theguardian.com
Elizabeth Nugent @ernugent.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton | Politics of Authoritarianism + Religion in the Middle East | www.elizabethnugent.com
Amr Magdi @amrmagdi.bsky.social Every act of telling the truth is a stride towards the collective healing of a society, oppressed and oppressors.
أحلامُنا أحلى مِنْ أحلامِهم
Researcher & writer: MENA, Human Rights, Policy.
Magdi.Amr@proton.me
with @HRW.org
Nora Jaber @norajaber.bsky.social Lecturer in Law in the Globalised Muslim World. University of Edinburgh. Critical approaches to international law & human rights, Islamic law, feminist theory.
Sarah Parkinson @separkinson.bsky.social Political scientist at Johns Hopkins. MENA/SWANA, disasters, political violence, ethics, humanitarian crises, & qual methods. Wrote a book about Palestinian org evolution & social change in wartime Lebanon: http://bit.ly/3VEw64B. EMT. Opinions my own.
Abdo Jabassini @syrianzo.bsky.social Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoc Fellow - Central European University | Peace and conflict studies | Syria and the Middle East
Nesrine Malik @nesrinemalik.bsky.social Columnist and features writer - The Guardian. Georgetown Fellow.
@npaiss.bsky.social @npaiss.bsky.social Somewhat retired from 40 years public affairs in DC. Ran Comms for many losing liberal causes. Cat lady, grandmom & figure skating fan. Anti woo-woo.
Dahlia Scheindlin @dahliasc.bsky.social 
Zeinab F. Shuker @zfshuker.bsky.social Flâneuse | Theorist | Writer | Asst Professor at SHSU | Sociologist of the political economy and climate change of Iraq & MENA
Kurt Bassuener @kurtbassuener.bsky.social Co-Founder and Senior Associate @DPC_global.bluesky.social; former Fulbrighter - PhD at St. Andrews; Angry Optimist
Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social Anti-Zionist Free Palestine Ukraine Solidarity Anti-Racist Anti-Carceral Abolitionist Anti-Genocide Anti-Colonial Anti-War Anti-Imperialist Intersectional Feminist Queer LGBTQI+ Green Eco-Socialist People Planet Peace Interfaith Seeker of Beloved Community
Amar Mustafa | امار مصطفى @amarmustafa.bsky.social Co-founder of @atharmagazine and @banatarchive | Historian | MA student at @MonashPolsIR | own views, RT & likes ≠ Endorse
Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social Researcher at SOAS • Autocratisation and Militarisation • Turkey • Iran • Brazil • Author of "Guardianship and Democracy in Iran and Turkey" (EUP 2024) • https://www.karabekir.net/ 
@anealla.bsky.social @anealla.bsky.social 
Kaoutar Ghilani @kaoutarghi.bsky.social Research Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
Language politics | Nation-building | Public sphere | Knowledge production
Maghreb | Middle East
PhD @ox.ac.uk | Former EUME Fellow
Sumita Pahwa @sumitapahwa.bsky.social Social scientist, Bombayite, Californian, ex-Cairene. Mango maven. Cat lady. Teaches at Scripps College. Deeply sourced expert in search of novel gustatory experiences. If you post/snipe, anonymously, expect to be blocked.
Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social Marc Lynch. GW Professor, POMEPS commander, Brewers fan. The one true Abu Aardvark. AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST. Find me at https://abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
Salma S. Zohdi @salmazohdi.bsky.social Egyptian Dramaturg. Literary Manager (NYTW). Generative Dramaturg. Adjunct Professor (NYU). Cofounder (Immigrant Theatremakers Advocates— ITA). Alma maters: @AUC (M.A.) and @Columbia (M.F.A.)
Twitter: @SalmaZohdi
Monira Al Qadiri @moniraism.bsky.social Artist. Kuwait / Berlin. RP ≠ endorsement
www.moniraalqadiri.com
Osama Al-sayyad @alsayyad.bsky.social Investigative Journalist among other things. Operations Manager @arabifactshub.bsky.social
CO-founder& Editor-in-Chief @path14official.bsky.social💡✍️
Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social Assistant Prof at UChicago | Sociologist | Columnist @Inthesetimesmag.bsky.social | Co-author of revolutionary sci-fi novel: Everything for Everyone | Subject of documentary film "Coming Around"
Ibrahim Ezz El-Din @ezz-eldin.bsky.social Urban researcher, founder of Diwan Al-Omran for Urban Studies, and a student at Sorbonne University.
Souheila Yildiz @souheilay.bsky.social 
Sara Alsherif @sarahalsherif.bsky.social Into tech, gender and human rights.
Fighting tyrants know no borders; it's not only my job; it's my lifestyle.
And in case you are wondering 'Views are my own'.
لا للمحاكمات العسكرية للمدنيين
Ahmed Maher @ahmed-maher.bsky.social 
Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social Syria, Middle East politics, and Mediterranean security at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Associate fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). Occasional freelance writer.
Tasnima @tasnimeljamassi.bsky.social Hiç
Mateo Nelson @mateonelson.bsky.social Editor & Arabic ➡️ English translator focused on Syria
(Formerly @syriadirect.bsky.social)
Kate Nevens (she/her) @katenevens.bsky.social Scottish Green Party MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East region. Contact me on kate.nevens.msp@parliament.scot
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social Unfiltered journalism from the Middle East and North Africa, and beyond.
Pitch to submissions@newarab.com / investigative leads to thenewarab@tutanota.com
https://www.newarab.com/
Eamon Kircher-Allen @eamonka.bsky.social Writer and researcher. Editor-in-chief @CenturyIntl. Owner and head teacher at the San Francisco Capoeira Academy.🌁🌉🍃🏔️🌃 🚴🏻🤸
Sarah Hamza @sarah7amza.bsky.social Egyptian human rights defender | Data scientist & legal researcher | #MENA focus
🇵🇸 🇪🇬
Mona Shtaya 🍉 @monashtaya.bsky.social Tech policy | Human being at large
Ceren Belge @cbelge.bsky.social Poli Sci @Concordia U. Against authoritarianism and the killing of civilians.
Manar Hassan | منار حسن @manarisms.bsky.social International aid and development. Conflict transformation and peacebuilding. Posts on Middle East, Africa, conflict, restorative justice, social movements, political transitions, and human rights. Views are my own.
Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics;
Signal: Juan Cole
Rana B. Khoury @rbkhoury.bsky.social assistant prof of political science at Illinois researching wartime activism, displacement, humanitarianism, and all things Syria. mama to the greatest second grader. www.ranakhoury.com
Michael Hanna @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org Director, U.S. Program, International Crisis Group; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Reiss Center on Law and Security, NYU School of Law
Alessandro Accorsi @aleaccorsi.bsky.social Researcher Technology and Conflict | Previously @crisisgroup.org Stratcom EEAS, Middle Eastern and investigative journalist | @cityjournalism alumni
Mohamed Dhia Hammami @meddhiah.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Political Science at Maxwell School, Syracuse University | Wesleyan Alumn | Mixed Methods, MENA Politics
🖥️ mohameddhiahammami.com
Shirin Jaafari @shirinj.bsky.social Reporter for The World radio program 📻 🎙🎧
Eyes on the Middle East.
Email: Shirin_Jaafari@wgbh.org
http://www.pri.org/people/shirin-jaafari
Mosab Ibrahim @mos3abof.bsky.social Self-taught software/systems engineer, constantly learning, passionate about distributed database systems, linux, and open source/free software.
❤️ family time, reading, cycling, diy projects, food and woodworking. 🍉
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@salmaakl.bsky.social @salmaakl.bsky.social 
Mostafa Fouad @mostfouad.bsky.social Co-founder & Executive Director @humena.bsky.social,
Diaspora Mobilizer,
Activist in Exile,
Legal and Policy Analyst,
Human Rights Researcher.
- (MENA-Focused)
📍Brussels
Dr Nelly Ali @nellyali.bsky.social ☮️ Hippie at heart ☮️
Children’s Rights & Childhood Studies Lecturer
UCL London
Research: Violence in the lives of marginalised children | Sociology | Homelessness | Poverty | Street Children | Youth Justice | Voice | Participation | Human Rights.
Sarah Mersch @sarah81m.bsky.social Tunis-based freelance correspondent for German language media & journalism trainer; Kefteji-lover; RT # endorsement, ♡ = bookmark, opinions my own etc
The Century Foundation @tcfdotorg.bsky.social Confronting the true drivers of America's affordability crisis. Advancing bold solutions to lower costs. Policy for people—not powerful interests. tcf.org
Jean-Marc Mojon @mojoinparis.bsky.social Journalist / security adviser
@afpnews.bsky.social
- Global news safety manager / deputy global editor-in-chief. Formerly #Lebanon, #Iraq, #Kenya, #Egypt - Interests #Syria #captagon #OSINT 
Ali Bakry @alibakry.bsky.social Multidisciplinary Journalist | TV Producer | Human rights defender |
Fact-checker OpenSource journalism
| OSINT | Member of @nvj