Faisal Abdullah Abualhassan | فيصل عبدالله أبوالحسن @faisal-abu.bsky.social Historian of empire, slavery and descent in the desert world.
PhD, Johns Hopkins (2026)
Mondes désertiques - Sahara et Arabie
مؤرخ الرِّق والنسب في العالم الصحاري من أفريقيا إلى الجزيرة العربية
Riyad(h) | الرياض
Michael Brill @michaelpbrill.bsky.social PhD candidate in Near Eastern Studies @princeton.edu | Faculty Specialist @umdpublicpolicy.bsky.social | Analyst for Red Sea Futures | Former Non-Resident Fellow at Institute for Future Conflict & @wilsoncenter.org
Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social Lecturer at Goldsmiths. Contemporary historian of British, US and global politics and culture. Writing a book on progressive politics, culture, and memory. Made in North London from working Cypriot parts. 🔴⚪️
Newsletter: https://academicbubble.substack.com
Brian Ulrich @brianjulrich.bsky.social Professor of History @ShippensburgU, focused on Middle East since the rise of Islam, author of The Medieval Persian Gulf (https://www.arc-humanities.org/9781802700046/the-medieval-persian-gulf/), views are my own
Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social Politics Editor @newlinesmag.bsky.social
@aljumeri.bsky.social @aljumeri.bsky.social 
The Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social Stay informed with Gulf news, opinion trends, analytical insights, and highlights on the region’s politics, culture, and business.
https://www.gulfnashra.com/
Kareem Shaheen @kshaheen.bsky.social Middle East Editor, Newsletters Editor @newlinesmag. Former Guardian Mideast correspondent. Gamer dad.
Joe @joeposting.bsky.social Postingg about politics and computers mostly
AFP News Agency @en.afp.com Top news and features from AFP's reporters around the world.
u.afp.com/socials
هيثم 海森 Haitham @hythm.bsky.social NaN
Haitham Buaisha العمدة @hayt99.bsky.social هيثم بوعايشة Haitham Bu-Aisha CEO Sahara Net | former chairman of #ICT committee Asharqia Chamber | founding partner Vision Ventures we invest in people & #Startups in Saudi Arabia & MENA
Mohammed Alnaas @naasius.bsky.social Writer, Editor and full time father of Omar.
Ahmed AlDulaijan | أحمد الدليجان @ahmed-amdu.bsky.social متعة استكشاف الأشياء | The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
Michael Dwyer @michaeldwyer.bsky.social Publisher/editor with the great www.hurstpublishers.com
team, biryani (mutton), Herzog and Madeira wine aficionado, gardener, Irish citizen, NUFC. History, politics, colonialism, war, intelligence/cyber, religions. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
Emile Hokayem اميل الحكيّم @emile-hokayem.bsky.social Geopolitics and Middle East at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Just because you have an opinion does not mean you should express it.
Irfan Ahmed Nazir @irfannazir.bsky.social Social Scientist | Qualitative Researcher | Politics, Education, Migration, International Relations, and the Middle East | Reposts ≠ endorsements
www.irfanahmednazir.com
Joey Shea @joeyshea.bsky.social Saudi Arabia and UAE Researcher @HRW • she/her
https://www.hrw.org/about/people/joey-shea
Michael Battalia @battalia.bsky.social PhD Candidate at Princeton University and Visiting Student at École nationale supérieure (Paris). Writing a dissertation on “Modern Arab Intellectuals and the Making of Modern Saudi Arabia, 1919-1939”
Graham Griffiths @grahamgriffiths.bsky.social Head of Geopolitical Risk, MENAT @HSBC
Robbie Corey-Boulet @rcoreyb.bsky.social West and Central Africa bureau chief, Reuters. Author of Love Falls On Us: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/love-falls-on-us-9781786995179/. Robbie.corey-boulet@thomsonreuters.com. Ex-AFP, WPR. Previously in Riyadh, Addis, Abidjan, elsewhere. 5x marathoner
Tyler Kynn @seyahatgame.bsky.social Historian of the Ottoman Empire, Game Developer (Seyahat: A Journey to Mecca | The Hajj Trail), Teacher, Assistant Prof @CCSU, PhD @Yale
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3306180/Seyahat_A_Journey_to_Mecca/
www.hajjtrail.com/game- K Karine Walther @karinewalther.bsky.social Historian of US Foreign Relations, Saudi Arabia, missionaries, medicine and development @ Georgetown Qatar 🇵🇸
James_AL_Downs @magiclantern.bsky.social Writer: 'Anton Walbrook' (2020) 'Joseph Pike' (2018) & 'A Carnal Medium' (2012), photohistorian, archivist of Middle East collections at Exeter University, runs the Digital Archive of the Middle East (https://dame.exeter.ac.uk/), collector & bibliophile
Karim El Taki @karimeltaki.bsky.social International order, ignorance, recognition, Middle East, and other cool stuff
karimeltaki.com
M. Christopher Low @mchrislow.bsky.social Middle East and Environmental Historian | Director, Middle East Center, University of Utah | Author: Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj | Desalination and Climate | Views are my own
https://history.utah.edu/faculty/chris-low.php
Andulrahman fenaisan @abdol1.bsky.social Sociology at Kuwait University
Nermin Allam @nerminallam.bsky.social Associate Professor @Rutgers_Newark|Fellow @CarnegieEndow| Author of Women and the Egyptian Uprising(CUP) | Researching gender politics, Egypt, MENA, social movements
May Darwich @maydarwich.bsky.social Associate Professor, IR of the Middle East, University of Birmingham Author of Threats and Alliances in the Middle East (CUP).
Ziad Daoud @ziaddaoud.bsky.social Chief Emerging Markets Economist at Bloomberg. Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School. Views are mine. 
Waleed Hazbun @whazbun.bsky.social IR and Middle East Studies Prof. at the University of Alabama. Mid East & East Med geopolitics, US foreign policy, Tourism & ✈️ Visiting Scholar, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2024-25).- M Michael Herb @michaelherb.bsky.social
- S Steffen Hertog @shertog.bsky.social Political economist with focus on Middle East and political violence, based at LSE
Anuj Chopra @anujchopra.bsky.social Disinformation correspondent, AFP. New America Fellow. Based in Washington D.C. Past lives: New York, Riyadh, Kabul, Hong Kong, Pune. Ex-Knight Bagehot and Dart Center Ochberg Fellow at Columbia University. Scoops, food recs? anuj.chopra@afp.com
Alrougui @alrougui.bsky.social 
Dirk Moses @dirkmoses.bsky.social Teaches at the City College of New York, edits the Journal of Genocide Research. www.dirkmoses.com
New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social An award-winning magazine for the best writing from around the world. Longform essays and informative analysis run daily.
http://lnk.bio/newlinesmag
Ramy Yaacoub @ramyyaacoub.bsky.social 🥷 at @open-society.bsky.social. ex @timep.bsky.social. Rocket Scientist @EmbryRiddle. M.A. @ausis.bsky.social. Political Analyst. Scuba Diver. English, Arabic, y un poco de Español 🇨🇦🇪🇬🇺🇸
Twitter: @ramyyaacoub
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
Samer Anabtawi (he/him) @anabtawi.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics, Politics & International Relations Programme Co-Director
@UCL. Palestinian. Study LGBTQ politics, social movements, Palestinian politics, authoritarianism, MENA. Jenin - Washington - London
Kameal Alahmad @kameal.bsky.social Research Fellow - King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies 
luai allarakia @luaialla.bsky.social Poli Sci PhD. Kuwaiti National Assembly - Saudi Shura Council . دكتور في العلوم السياسية- K Kristin Diwan @kdiwan.bsky.social
Midwest Political Science Association @mpsa.bsky.social The Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) was founded in 1939 and is dedicated to the advancement of scholarship in all areas of political science. Visit our website at www.MPSAnet.org to learn more.- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
- A Ahmad Qushmaq @aqushmaq.bsky.social Exploring.
Umar Karim @umerkarim.bsky.social Researcher. Interested in Gulf Studies/Saudi Arabia/South Asia
البدو من الأوقات
Ammar Shamaileh @ammars.bsky.social Associate Professor of Politics & IR at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies - MENA politics, political economy and repression/violence
Marwan Almuraisy مروان المريسي @almuraisy.bsky.social وما بكم من نعمة فمن الله ❤️ صحافي، ورائد أعمال، مهتم بالشغف والإبداع والابتكار، أحاول أن أكون مفيداً، وما توفيقي إلا بالله Journalist & Entrepreneur
Hala Abi Saleh @halaabisaleh.bsky.social Interested in power /🗺 order (IR)
PhD Candidate UCLouvain
Gulf Region - SWANA (MENA) - Emerging Powers - Middle Powers
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hala-abi-saleh/
الشبكة العربية للعلوم السياسية (APSN) @arabpsn.bsky.social مؤسسة غير ربحية تعنى بدعم وربط الباحثين العرب في العلوم
السياسية.
Collaborative initiative seeking to support Arab political scientists
Kristian Ulrichsen @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. My work focuses on the study of the history, political economy, and international relations of the Gulf States.
Harris Mylonas @harrismylonas.bsky.social ▫️Prof. of Political Science @gwu1821.bsky.social
▫️Director of IERES @gwu1821.bsky.social
▫️Editor-in-chief of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social
▫️Nationalism | nation-building | migration | diasporas
🔗 https://harrismylonas.com
Jonathan Wyrtzen @jonathanwyrtzen.bsky.social Studying empire, colonialism, decolonization, nation, collective identity, state formation, non-state political orders, Middle East / North Africa; Global Texas; sociologist and historian. Latest book, Worldmaking in the Long Great War
Rosalie Rubio, PhD @rosalierubio.bsky.social She/They | Associate Director of the Centennial Center at
@apsa.bsky.social | alt-alt-academic (?) | part-time comedian, full-time pagliacci| Benito’s personal assistant 🐾| Views are ENTIRELY my own and correct.
Müge Uğuz @mugeuguz.bsky.social Political Science PhD Student at George Washington University
MA @CEU @BilkentIR
Ala Alrababah @aalrababah.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Bocconi University. Research on immigration, refugees, political violence. https://www.ala-alrababah.com
Mara Revkin @mararevkin.bsky.social Associate Professor of Law & Political Science @Duke. Conflict, migration, peacebuilding, transitional justice & humanitarian/development aid. Rhymes w/ @jonpetkun.bsky.social. Web: https://law.duke.edu/fac/revkin
Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Banner by Sara Qaed
danaelkurd.com to contact
Hesham Sallam @wazirelkif.bsky.social Stanford, Jadaliyya, among others. Opinions are mine
POMEPS @pomeps.bsky.social Project on Middle East Political Science directed by Marc Lynch (@abuaardvark.bsky.social)
Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com Transparency, regulation, business & interest group politics, and metascience. Manage @apsa.bsky.social DDRIG. The people know it's casino capitalism 🎰
Ross Dahlke @rossdahlke.bsky.social asst. prof. @uwsjmc.bsky.social rossdahlke.com
Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social 🔍 Persian Gulf and its Discontents
Khaleeji - خليجية- A Abbas Al Lawati @allawati.bsky.social Journalist
Mohammed Soliman @soliman.bsky.social Tech & Geopolitics & Business & EMEA. Director, Middle East Institute. Fellow @ FPRI & Third Way & Trilateral Commission. Charts & Maps. Book: West Asia (10/2025)
Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social academic & author writing about labour & development in global political economy
🇨🇦🇴🇲🇳🇱
https://www.crystalennis.com/
Bessma Momani @bmomani.bsky.social Professor at the University of Waterloo and Senior Fellow at CIGI, interested in International Affairs and Geopolitics of Technology.
Sharan Grewal @sharangrewal.bsky.social Associate Professor at American University
Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings
Me: https://sharangrewal.com/
My book: https://www.amazon.com/Soldiers-Democracy-Military-Legacies-Spring/dp/0198873514/
Bruno Schmidt-Feuerheerd @brunofeuerheerd.bsky.social JRF in politics at Magdalen College, Oxford. PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge.
Saudi Arabia, Middle East politics & computational social science
Bedirhan E. Mutlu (بدرهان) @bemutlu.bsky.social Mostly into politics, religion, democracy, and parties in SWANA. Particularly watching Tunisia. PhDing @GWU, prev. Sciences Po
David Siddhartha Patel @davidpatel.bsky.social Visiting scholar at Middle East Initiative, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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
A H M E D @salamah.bsky.social Software Engineer || Build things...
Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover
Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin.bsky.social Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham”
jihadology.net
jihadologyplus.com
Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social I am Saudi-American. I breathe Freedom. I bleed Oil. • Harvard PhD Candidate • ∞ زوجي @alamer.bsky.social • @Ana3rabeya on Twitter • NoraDoaiji.com • ☮️🍋 •
Quentin de Pimodan @qdepim.bsky.social Co-author of The Khaleeji Voice, international advisor at
RIEAS. 
Dr.Hamza د.حمزة @ichamza.bsky.social Disaster Medicine, Emergency Mgt, Drone Pilot. Contended with 2 wars & a revolution in Yemen
Veteran of MRC_ASPR, MSF, ICRC, UN, Team Rubicon & others
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social Elephant Lover
Yashar.substack.com
Twitter: @yashar
IG/Threads @yasharali
Dr HA Hellyer @drhahellyer.bsky.social ‣ Senior Associate Fellow - Geopolitics, Security @ Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI)
‣ Fmr: Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment, Harvard Kennedy School
‣ Specialise in MENA ◘ Europe ◘ SE-Asia
Ahmed Al Omran @alomran.me Saudi correspondent for @financialtimes.com. @ahmed on Twitter and Instagram.
Yasser Alghaslan | ياسر الغسلان @alghaslan.bsky.social Writer~ from & about 🇺🇸
Novels - politics - Media
half 🇸🇦 half 🇮🇹
Fouad Alfarhan @alfarhan.bsky.social meh..
The Camel's Nose @thecamelsnose.bsky.social Professorial Lecturer in Political Science and Policy Analyst in Washington, DC. Comparative/IR. Middle East, Arab Gulf States, Iran, Israel. Gender, Tribes, Ethnic Politics.
Andrew M Leber @andrewleber.bsky.social Asst. Prof. of political science, Tulane U
MENA politics, some photography, some translation
New Orleans, LA ⚜️