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Stella Bergsma @stellabergsma.bsky.social Stellabek. Female gaze. Tekstueel grensoverschrijdend.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org A human rights organization that supports Syria’s heroes in their struggle for freedom, justice and democracy
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || AlgoSoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff ||
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Tjeerd Royaards @tjeerdroyaards.com Political cartoonist for Dutch newspaper Trouw and international media. Also editor-in-chief of Cartoon Movement. Cartoons in English and Dutch.
David Degner @daviddegner.com #Photographer constantly in #Boston and #NYC at the same time.
I'll probably still post about #Egypt and #Sudan.
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Andrew Gurza @andrewgurza6.bsky.social Disability Awareness Consultant/Severely Disabled Creator, author of NOTES FROM A QUEER CRIPPLE (2025), podcast host of Disability After Dark, award-winning speaker
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Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Author, editor, activist, cat lover. Founder of the Disability Visibility Project.
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Sylvana Simons @sylvanasimons.bsky.social Feminist First. Political Pioneer. Bridge Burner. Model Moderator. Dancing Diva. Loving Lioness. Raging Renegade.
But most of all, I’m everybody’s favorite know it all grandmother.
En voordat je het vraagt: ik weet het niet, oké?!
Natasha Gerson @sanspareille.bsky.social Fundamentalist anti- ideologist.
Hater of flags. Popper to your dogma.
Based in the Netherlands.
Will give cleaning and laundering advice and predictions for a ☕️ @ https://buymeacoffee.com/sanspareille
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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social Covering world news with a disability lens. I love languages, questions and places I've lived 🇬🇧🇧🇷🇧🇩🇪🇬
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Jana Puglierin @jpuglierin.bsky.social Foreign policy nerd, especially interested in European security & transatlantic relations. Head of @ecfrberlin.bsky.social. FirstGen. Author of „Wer verteidigt Europa“ published with Rowohlt in January 2026. DB Ruhebereich Ultra and deltidsvärmlänning.
Mahmoud Salem @moodsalem.bsky.social Campaigner/Infosec Analyst/Writer/Creative Director/DigitalTransformation Consultant. Neurodivergent. Not for everyone. Writings have appeared everywhere. Google me, or something.
Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social Sr Crisis Advisor Amnesty International — war crimes, human rights abuses in crises. Recovering journalist. Aptly named. Rawya = Storyteller in Arabic.
Rawan Shaif @rawanssa18.bsky.social Ex @Amnesty @UN @TheSentry_Org @Bellingcat | Sudan, Syria, Iraq and Yemen | Open-source and IHL/Human Rights | views my own
Qusay Noor @qusaynoor.net ❤ A journalist from Syria ❤ 📸 In the ( @anadoluajansi ) And
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social Freelance journalist & photojournalist covering Syria, the Middle East, and breaking global news.
Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/faredalmahlool
Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social A Syrian investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker with 20+ years’ experience, founder of the Prisons Museum. director of Syria Mobile Film Festival (2013-2018).
https://amermatar.com
https://prisons.museum
https://linktr.ee/amer.mattr
Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer | Executive Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social 
Dr. Manisha Ganguly @manisha.bsky.social The Guardian's investigations correspondent & visual forensics lead. Currently writing a book. tech x conflict x human rights. friend to cats. manishaganguly.com
Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com Remnants of a war Journalist | AKA Alexander Page | @CJFE Intl Press Freedom Award
Fadah Jassem / فداء جاسم @fadahjassem.bsky.social Head of Data Visualisation 📊@TheNationalNews.com in #AbuDhabi. Recent UK expat. Syrian/Iraqi
#Journalist #Technologist #data, #AI, #OSINT & information integrity. A journalism polymath of sorts (if such a thing exists)
(Ex-Twitter Head of Curation MENA)
God @thegodshow.com Creator of the Universe.
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Solafa Magdy @solafamagdy.bsky.social Mother | Exiled Journalist | @Paris Citizenship 2020 | Courage in Journalism Winner 2020 @IWMF | Ex. Fellow @TimepDC |
Determined to share my Cellmates' Stories ✌🏼
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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
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/
Mina Thabet @minathabet.bsky.social HRD and writer. Expert on minorities issues and freedom of expression in the MENA region
Mohamed Mandour @mandour.bsky.social Masters of Human Rights @Humphery School, University of Minnesota. MENA Researcher @Committee to Protect Journalists. #Press_Freedom, #Transnational_Repression, and #Tech_policy. Words are mine! 
Patrick Zaki @patrickzaki.bsky.social Human Rights Defender |
Minority Rights Researcher |
MA Gender Studies at unibo |
Phd scholar in scuola normale superiore|
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Bassam Haddad @4bassam.bsky.social Co-Founder/Editor, Jadaliyya.com, ArabStudiesInstitute.org, Founding Director, GMU Middle East & Islamic Studies
Tareq @teraqerat.bsky.social Research on Protests & Authoritarianism in Asia | Center for Conflict Studies Marburg | Coordinator BMBF project @postcolh.bsky.social | Principal Investigator DFG project @afpro.bsky.social
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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
Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social 🔍 Persian Gulf and its Discontents
Khaleeji - خليجية
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
Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics;
Signal: Juan Cole
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.
Lamis Abdelaaty @labdelaaty.bsky.social Assoc Prof of PoliSci • IR, Refugees • labdelaa.expressions.syr.edu • she/her • Views own, etc.
Banchi Yimer @banchiyimer.bsky.social The founder of Egnalegna Besidet
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Craig Mokhiber @craigmokhiber.bsky.social Human rights lawyer, justice campaigner, writer, former UN.
Martijn de Koning @martijn5155.bsky.social Anthropologist: Muslim youth in Europe, Islamophobia, salafism, marriage, activism. Dept.Islam, Politics and Society Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
http://ru.nl/islamstudies; https://religionresearch.org/closer 
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
Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social International crouton etc.
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Audra Mitchell @audralmitchell.bsky.social Professor, writer & Canada Research Chair, Global Political Ecology. Artisanal theory and concept-maker. Tylenol side effect. Ineffective altruist. Most recent book: 'Revenant Ecologies'. www.audramitchell.org Kitten photos b/c we all need them.
R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social Award-winning academic, educator & author researching #politics, #feminism, #artivism, #land, #food and #labour in #Senegal, Francophone #Africa & #WesternEurope | Personal Account
Sara Salem @sarasalem.bsky.social assoc professor at LSE // thinking about anticolonial + socialist archives // anticolonial afterlives in egypt (cambridge university press) // ⚽️ obsessed // she/her
Jasmine K Gani @jasminekgani.bsky.social Assistant Professor in International Relations Theory at LSE.
History | Political Theory | Race | Colonialism | Resistance | MENA
Teach on Colonialism & Israel-Palestine
Repost/Like usually = bookmark or endorsement
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Sjoerd Druiven🪫herstelt van Long Covid @sjoerddruiven.bsky.social "Nee, het is niet psychisch, conditie, luiheid, gebrek aan ritme, doorzetten, immuunsysteem..."
"Klopt. Er is geen behandeling."
"Dank je. Ik heb geen interesse in handoplegging"
Zaagt door over fietsen & politiek
Ook @politiek-sjoerd & @fiets-sjoerd
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
Felix Voogt @felixvoogt.bsky.social Wetenschapsjournalist NRC
Folkert Jensma @folkertjensma.bsky.social Journalist/jurist, freelance @NRC, board @NVJ, columns, analysis, podcast. Rule of law, media, courts. Dutch. Pay for journalism, please. (NRC: €2-€6 p/week incl. Economist and NYTimes)
Tom-Jan Meeus @tomjanmeeus.bsky.social NRC opinie. Nieuwsbrief over democratie: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuwsbrieven/machtige-tijden/. Was: politiek columnist, correspondent VS, onderzoeksjournalist, essayist Maand vd Filosofie
Marike Stellinga @marikestellinga.bsky.social Journalist NRC
Opgeleid als econoom
Schrijft column in zaterdagkrant
Maakt podcast met Maarten Schinkel
Beide getiteld 'Zo simpel is het niet'
Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social I research Zionism and write about Israel Palestine at OneSmallDetail.blog • member of decolonial Jewish collective @tsdkcollectif.bsky.social • bylines @972mag.com @washingtonpost.com @vashtimedia.bsky.social
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
Signal: muellershewrote.23
Podcast: https://the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Slate @slate.com ~ ~ *brb visiting the 90s* ~ ~
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author. Medical Historian. Breast Cancer Survivor.
Next book: SLEUTH-HOUND, a whirlwind tour of Victorian forensics from the perspective of the man who loaned a voice to Baker St.’s famous resident: Sherlock Holmes. Out October 20.
Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social Associate professor of political science, Virginia Commonwealth University. Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy. Assoc. Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies. Formerly The Guardian & Latin America advisor, Bernie Sanders. 교포
michaelpaarlberg.org
Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social Anarcho-anxious. Writer and Video Essayist from Beirut.
Latest video essay - Israel's Long War on Lebanon: https://youtu.be/Dkcwc0XfvTk
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aymanmak
Leila Nachawati @leilana.bsky.social Spanish-Syrian writer and researcher, devoted to social justice. I teach at Carlos III University. #CeasefireNow
Leila @leilashami.bsky.social Co-author of 'Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War'
Co-founder @fromtheperiphery.com & host of @syriapodcast.bsky.social
Blogs at: https://leilashami.wordpress.com/
Romeo Kokriatski @vagrantjourno.bsky.social newspaper editor and podcaster in Kyiv. Read english.nv.ua and listen to Ukraine without Hype
Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com "Leftwing professor" - in other words, researching the mainstreaming of reactionary/far-right politics
Co-convenor of @reacpolrn.bsky.social
Publications etc 👇🏻
https://aurelmondon.com/
Dr Alexei Abrahams @smokegatherer.bsky.social Head of Digital Trace at Canada's Media Ecosystem Observatory meo.ca
Author at No Starch Press nostarch.com/social-media-observatory
القصة هي الحياة التي ما كانت و الحياة هي القصة التي ما رويت
Diana B. Greenwald @dbgreenwald.bsky.social associate professor of political science @ city college of new york | your old millennial friend | local politics | palestine | states, nationalism, conflict | maps | music | chocolate | nut butters | canines and other creatures | will strive to listen
Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social Author, musician. Co-founder and co-host of the Stadio football podcast. musaokwonga.com
Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social Ras Beiruti journalist & writer
Senior Reporter in Beirut, Al Jazeera English
Non resident fellow, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy '25-'26
Journalist-in-residence, Orient-Institut Beirut '25
Fabien Goa @fabiengoa.bsky.social Human rights researcher based in Marseille.
Work on migrants' rights, GCC migrants, sports & human rights. Also talk antiracism, borders, politics, MUFC
Diaspora Mauritian 🔴🔵🟡🟤
Cantona disciple 🔴⚪⚫ #Legacyfan SAF N2411 UTFR
Hari/ഹരി/हरि/هري @hariprasad.bsky.social serial typo maker. Researches ME/SA politics and political violence. mainly here for da memes. Apparently, a prominent person. Usual disclaimers
Daniel Voskoboynik @danielvoskoboynik.bsky.social Sentipensante, גלותדיק, memory student, poetry for softer worlds, working towards health of bodies-territories. Storytellling at Amazon Frontlines, researching counter-colonial diasporic ecologies.
https://danielvoskoboynik.substack.com/archive
Karena Avedissian @karena1.bsky.social Eurasian politics and foreign affairs, covering Russia, former Soviet space, Turkey and Syria. I focus on conflicts, political crises & narratives. Senior Analyst RCDS.am. Member @fromtheperiphery.com. Fellow thersa.org. Substack: itskarena.com
Elias Jahshan @eliasjahshan.bsky.social Editor, THIS ARAB IS QUEER (2022) & THIS QUEER ARAB FAMILY (late 2025) via Saqi Books | 🇱🇧&🇵🇸 | Born/raised on Dharug, Gadigal & Gamaraigal lands (aka Sydney); now a Londoner | He/him | الياس جهشان
https://saqibooks.com/books/saqi/this-queer-arab-family/
Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social Anarchist. Host of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff. Co-owner of Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness. Latest book is The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice. she/they
Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social IR/IPE,aesthetics,feminism, Balkan,ephemera. Co-Lead Editor @ripejournal.bsky.social & Ed Team of International Political Sociology.
Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social Artist. Author of NY Times bestseller HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY: STORY OF THE JEWISH BUND
my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320/here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/
Mollycrabapple.com
Mollycrabapple.substack.com
Andrew Dana Hudson @solarshades.club Speculative fiction author, sustainability researcher, teacher. Writing about solarpunks and cyberproles.
New Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803125/absence-by-andrew-dana-hudson/
Newsletter: solarshades.club
Website: andrewdanahudson.com
Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social Director & Writer | IDENTITEAZE film | YouTuber | former writer/video producer at Gamespot, The Advocate, Microsoft, Out Magazine, Rotten Tomatoes, & Skybound | Trekkie by birth
https://www.jessieearl.com/
Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social Ecosocialist bluestocking. Immigrant & settler 🇪🇺🇨🇭🇺🇸🇬🇧. Social ecology & ecological economics at Uni Lausanne in 🇨🇭. Bad at email. She/her
Lausan @lausanhk.bsky.social Radical left perspectives from Hong Kong, Asia, and its diasporas
www.lausancollective.com
CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com We are a rebel alliance—a decentralized network pledged to anonymous collective action—a breakout from the prisons of our age. We strive to reinvent our lives and world according to the principles of self-determination and mutual aid. 🏴
crimethinc.com
Zecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social Award-winning journalist, eyes on the Horn of Africa. Migration, human rights, OSINT.
https://www.aljazeera.com/author/zecharias-zelalem