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Sajjad Safaei, Dr. @sajjadsafaei.bsky.social Runner, editor, postdoc. Research interests include Iran, Mideast, humanitarianism, conflict, violence, & punishment. Views are my own.
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David Scales @tnfalpha.bsky.social Hospitalist, sociologist @WeillCornell studying information environments, contested illness, medical communication
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Ziad Abu-Rish @ziadaburish.bsky.social مؤرخ. محرّر. رقّاص
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daniel sieradski @self.agency fmr. publisher: jewish worker, jewschool + orthodox anarchist. ex-tech lead: nylon, jta news + repair the world. led kol nidre at occupy wall street. holds numerous dubious ordinations. aft+iww. never again to anyone. syracuse, ny.
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Zuri Linetsky @zurilinetsky.bsky.social Worked in humanitarian assistance and international development. Now trying to do something new. And maybe write some stuff about foreign and military affairs.
Ahmad Abazeid أحمد أبازيد @abazeid89.bsky.social Syrian, researcher, 18 March 2011 syrian revolution.
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Yaël Mizrahi-Arnaud @yaelmiz.bsky.social | Century International Fellow | PhD Candidate | Israel and Palestine politics & history | perennial weltschmerzer
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social Publisher of The Bulwark. Host of the Focus Group Podcast. Co-host, The Next Level. Become a subscriber: http://TheBulwark.com/join
Alissa de Carbonnel @alissadecarbonnel.bsky.social International security analyst | former Deputy Director @CrisisGroup & Senior Correspondent @Reuters | Writing on European rearmament, Russia & Ukraine
Qantara @qantarade.bsky.social Diskurse über Politik, Gesellschaft und Kultur auf Arabisch, Englisch und Deutsch. Unseren Newsletter gibt's hier: qantara.de/newsletter- S Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social Ketcham Chair in Middle East Studies, Prof. of Gov, Smith College; Nonresident Senior Fellow CMEP, Brookings. Former VP, Center for Applied Research on Conflict, USIP.
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American Task Force on Lebanon @atflebanon.bsky.social Our mission is to strengthen the historic ties between the United States and Lebanon 🇺🇸🤝🇱🇧
Michelle Randhawa @michellerandhawa.bsky.social Refugee and Migrant Rights Senior Officer at Human Rights Watch. Human rights, refugee rights, #Lebanon #Palestine English/Français/بحكي عربي شوي
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Walid AL NOFAL @walid-alnofal.bsky.social صحفي سوري 🇸🇾🇸🇾
Muhsen ALMustafa @handle.invalid Researcher in Military Civil Relations at Omran Center | 🇸🇾
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John Davison @johndrtrs.bsky.social Journalist @Reuters writing about the Middle East, sometimes Russia & Ukraine
Taavi Sundell @taavis.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at Project MIGDIA (funded by Kone Foundation, hosted by the Finnish Institute in the Middle East & University of Helsinki)
Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
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Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute. Post-doc with with the Danish Institute for International Studies. PhD in African History from Columbia University. Learning and writing about the Sahel, North Africa, and France.
Rep. Ilhan Omar @repilhan.bsky.social Representing Minnesota's 5th District in the People's House.
US Progressives Deputy Chair.
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Max Rodenbeck @maxji.bsky.social Israel/Palestine Program Director for the International Crisis Group and in earlier avatars Germany, South Asia and Middle East bureau chief for The Economist
David Hogg @davidhogg.bsky.social https://secure.actblue.com/donate/comms2026?refcode=blusky
Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social cherished idiot / writer on SHOGUN and KENNEDY (2027)
John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social I cover diplomacy and national security for The Washington Post
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Ben Rhodes @rhodesben.bsky.social Pod Save the World. NYT opinion. MSNBC. Author: After the Fall and The World As It Is
ECFR MENA @ecfrmena.bsky.social Middle East and North Africa Programme @ecfr.eu
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Angela Hanks @angelanhanks.bsky.social Chief of Policy Programs, The Century Foundation. Former CFPB, Demos, DOL, Groundwork, etc. Views are my own.
Rozina Ali @rozinaali.bsky.social NYT Magazine contributing writer. Journalist covering conflict, MidEast and South Asia, Islamophobia, immigration
Signal: rozina.30
Ramzi Kaiss | رمزي قيس @ramzikaiss.bsky.social Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch @HRW.org
Pieter Both @pieterboth.bsky.social 
@nickgrins.bsky.social @nickgrins.bsky.social Middle East - Arsenal - NATO - Belgian beer
Not necessarily in that order.
Issandr Amrani @arabist.net I write about politics, geopolitics, technology and culture, with particular focus on MENA. Recovering journalist and OG blogger at arabist.net; formerly at
@open-society.bsky.social and @crisisgroup.org. Usual caveats apply.
Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper | ملايكة @malaikatapper.bsky.social Journalist at the Financial Times in Beirut 
Melissa Gatter @melissagatter.bsky.social Asking questions about humanitarian aid + forced migration in MENA/US. Author of TIME AND POWER IN AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP: A NINE-TO-FIVE EMERGENCY. Asst Prof in Anthropology & International Development at University of Sussex.
https://linktr.ee/melissagatter
Humeyra Pamuk @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social @Reuters deputy US foreign policy editor. Eye on State Department. Before: London, Cairo, Dubai & Turkey. @columbiajourn @kocuniversity alum. Personal account.
Tobias Lang @tobiaslang.bsky.social Director Austrian Centre for Peace
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Sarah Dadouch @sarahdadouch.bsky.social Currently reporting from Damascus for the Financial Times. Formerly Washington Post, Reuters. From Damascus, شامية قحّ sarah.dadouch@ft.com
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Yazan Badran @yazanbadran.bsky.social Assistant professor, media, journalism, politics, Syria/MENA/SWANA at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. ECHO/SCOM/FWO
I call Latakia, Nagoya and Brussels home.
https://researchportal.vub.be/en/persons/yazan-badran
Arielle Angel @arielleangel.bsky.social Editor-in-chief, Jewish Currents
Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social Head (CATS/SWPBerlin & CATS Network), Co-Head of the Autocratisation Thematic Group @SWP. Views personal. Writes in EN/TR
domi @djbunni.bsky.social flea market enthusiast
@paperbackparadise.bsky.social
Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social Posting on refugees, asylum, migration, displacement and borders.
Former head of policy development & evaluation, UNHCR. Now with Refugee Studies Centre and United Against Inhumanity.
jefferyfcrisp@gmail.com
@barquqli.bsky.social @barquqli.bsky.social 
Roba El Husseini ربى @robahus.bsky.social AFP Baghdad deputy bureau chief
Former Syria /Lebanon correspondent- in love with Syria
Yale World Fellow
Emily K. M. Scott @emilykmscott.bsky.social Associate Professor, researcher, writer, advisor | humanitarianism, conflict, protection, IHL, health, migration & the Middle East | mostly 🇸🇾🇱🇧 🇯🇴 | podcast co-host | #fulbright | emilykmscott.org
Previously MSF, Carter Center, UNDP, GAC,…
Dylan Williams @dylanwilliams.bsky.social Vice President for Government Affairs at @CIPolicy.bsky.social. Former US Senate staffer. Lawyer. Cornell alum.
Bio: https://internationalpolicy.org/about/#dylan-williams
Tariq Habash @habash.bsky.social | Palestinian-American | First Biden Political Appointee to Resign | Human Rights, Justice, Education | My Thoughts | tariqhabash@proton.me for inquiries |
@schneidermandm.bsky.social @schneidermandm.bsky.social Former DOD, State, NSC, Sen. Schumer, and Crisis Group alum. Reposting is not an endorsement and posts are my own!
Emmanuel Haddad @emmanuelhaddad.bsky.social Journaliste spécialisé sur le Liban et le Moyen-Orient
Ellie Sennett @elliesennett.bsky.social Freelance Reporter-Producer at Al Jazeera. Formerly reporting news at PBS NewsHour, Al Jazeera English and The National. Sometimes amateur music, film critic.
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) @nrc-global.bsky.social We're a humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.
Official social media: http://nrc.no/social-media
Media: media@nrc.no /+47 90 56 23 29.
Hugh Lovatt @hlovatt.bsky.social Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations.
Middle East analysis and European foreign policy, with focus on Israel/Palestine and Western Sahara. Mountain runner. Usual caveats.
@joshua-landis.bsky.social @joshua-landis.bsky.social 
Alicia Medina @aliciamedina.bsky.social Journalist. Managing editor of The Syria Report. 
Martin Y. @myttervik.bsky.social 
Cate Brown @catebrown.bsky.social political investigations at @TheGuardian. formerly @WashingtonPost. power over/power to
tips: cate.brown@theguardian.com
Joost Hiltermann @joosthiltermann.bsky.social MENA Program Director @crisisgroup. Conflict mitigation, human rights, good food. Author of "The Resurrected," a novel (forthcoming 2025). 
Christopher Phillips @cjophillips.bsky.social Professor of International Relations @QMUL; Assoc Fellow
@ChathamHouse; Mostly tweet about MENA geopolitics, UK Foreign Policy and Aston Villa. Views my own.
Harrison Mann @harrisonmann.bsky.social Former Army and DIA; resigned over Gaza. Associate Dir. Policy & Campaigns at Win Without War. Non-resident at DAWN. Tweets my own. @harrison_j_mann on X.
Hélène Sallon @helenesallon.bsky.social Correspondante Moyen-Orient pour @lemondefr / Middle East correspondent for Le Monde. Focus on Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Ilan Goldenberg @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social Chief Policy Officer, J Street. Former Mideast Advisor to Vice President Harris and Director of Jewish Outreach on the Harris-Walz campaign.
Wassim NASR @simnasr.bsky.social Journaliste spécialiste des mouvements jihadistes FRANCE24
Senior Research Fellow Soufan Center
Auteur de « État islamique, le fait accompli » (Plon)
الناسُ صِنْفانِ: مَوتَى في حَياتِـهِمُ/ وآخَرونَ بِبَطْن الأرضِ أحْـيـاءُ
Zaid Al-Ali @zalali.bsky.social Senior Adviser on constitutions @Int_IDEA. Teach at @Princeton. Author of books on Iraq + on Arab constitutions. Former @wiko_berlin @Harvard_Law @UNIraq @KingsCollegeLon
Kathy Gilsinan @kgilsinan.bsky.social Midwesterner. Rugged indoorsman. "Glorious weirdo" per @dgraham.bsky.social.
Senior staff writer, @Politico.com Magazine. Author for @wwnorton.com. Formerly @Puck.news, @TheAtlantic.com, @wpr.bsky.social.
Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social Win Without War is a diverse network of activists and organizations working for a more peaceful, progressive U.S. foreign policy.
https://winwithoutwar.org/
Maria Rodriguez Schaap @marirodriguezs.bsky.social 
Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com Geoeconomics & tech @ecfr.eu • Prof. @collegeofeurope.bsky.social
Columnist @foreignpolicy.com • Author, Backfire @columbiaup.bsky.social
Global economy, trade wars, economic statecraft, geopolitics of AI
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Riham Alkousaa @riham-alkousaa.bsky.social Covering energy and climate change issues in Germany
@Reuters but keeping an eye on the Middle East
Sam Davidoff-Gore @sdavidoffgore.bsky.social Frmr MPI, focusing on development, refugees, asylum, and mobility. All posts personal. He/him
Orwa Ajjoub @orwaajjoub.bsky.social Phding in Global Politics @mau.se. Focus: Syria, jihadism. Former researcher at Lund University. Words: @MiddleEastInst ,@AtlanticCouncil and others. 
Bill Frelick @billfrelick.bsky.social Director, Refugee and Migrant Rights Division, Human Rights Watch
Aram @aramkrdstn.bsky.social Pro Democracy/Kurdistan, Liberal-Social
twitter.com/AramKrdstn
Ike @cmdrtoad.bsky.social Hey Bluesky gang - I’m a coffee pro with a love for books, comics, yoga and cycling.
Peter @wikipetera.bsky.social “I’m Peter”
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social Passionately Egalitarian. Professor, University of Maryland; Director, Critical Issues Poll; NR Senior Fellow, Brookings. Views are my Own. RT≠Endorsement
Omar Kadkoy @omarkadkoy.bsky.social Foreign Policy, Security, and Migration Program Coordinator @heinrichboelltr| Member @GAR_Dernek | IR Alumnus @METU_ODTU | Glory @ManUtd | My views & opinions
Sera Çınar @seracinar.bsky.social kaçış yok goddammit geldik işte, buyrun? 
Syria Direct @syriadirect.bsky.social Independent media and training organization producing in-depth, investigative reporting on Syria by our team of Syrian and international journalists.
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Natacha Danon @natachadanon.bsky.social Damascus-based journalist telling Syrian stories with eyes on Palestine | Bylines in Syria Direct, New Lines Magazine, Middle East Eye & The New Arab
Barbara A Leaf @safiraleaf.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
Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social Political risk researcher on Yemen, MENA Based in Bangkok | Also posts on Appalachia, Rivers, เมืองไทย | Words in Daily Beast, FPRI, Amwaj, Al-Jazeera, Arab Center DC | Contact info.nickjbrumfield@gmail.com for work, media inquiries | he/him
Kanishk Tharoor @kanishktharoor.bsky.social Author of "Swimmer Among the Stars" (FSG), presenter of "Museum of Lost Objects" (BBC), and Deputy Editor at Foreign Affairs. Pitch me at ktharoor@foreignaffairs.com.
Maria Stavropoulou 🇺🇳 @mariast-unhcr.bsky.social UNHCR Representative in Jordan 🇯🇴