Basak Bingol Yuce, PhD @basakbingol.bsky.social scholar of humanities, literary translator, ex-journalist ~ teaches international studies
Anna M. Gade @profannag.bsky.social Academic concerns, religion, environment, Asia/Indonesia | [Envir. Ethics (forth.)] | Muslim Environmentalisms (Columbia UP) | The Qur’an: An Introduction | opinions my own | she/her
Vali Nasr @valinasr.bsky.social Professor Johns Hopkins-SAIS, Fr Sr Advisor, State Dept, author of Iran's Grand Strategy https://a.co/d/egLBCgz
Sufism on Bluesky @sufism.bsky.social Curator of conversations about Sufism, amplifying progressive Islamic voices on Bluesky.
Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social Historian: Mughal & colonial India and Hindustani music, FRAS FRHistS. Head of Music @ KCL. Musicians at risk 🇦🇫 Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly (work in progress). Whippet owner. Immigrant. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/katherine-butler-schofield
Dr Matthew L Keegan @drkeegan.bsky.social Professor of Arabic Lit, reader of riddles, lecturer of the ostensibly old and obscure. Formerly in the bad place: Lit_as_Adab https://barnard.academia.edu/MatthewKeegan (Opinions expressed here are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.)
Jon Hoover @jhoover04.bsky.social Islamic Studies, Taymiyyan Studies. Views are my own. Likes and reposts≠endorsement.
Zahra Ayubi @zahraayubi.bsky.social Associate Prof of Religion: Islamic Studies at Dartmouth College | Gender-Islam-Ethics | author of Gendered Morality at ColumbiaUP
basit kareem iqbal @biqbal.bsky.social anthropologist, editor at mcmaster university. author of THE DREAD HEIGHTS: TRIBULATION AND REFUGE AFTER THE SYRIAN REVOLUTION (https://fordhampress.com/the-dread-heights-hb-9781531510312.html). bookmarking in the wasteland
Justin Stearns @kaohu11.bsky.social Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies at New York University Abu Dhabi
Julia Hauser @juliahauser.bsky.social PD,U Kassel.Entangled history of Europe,India&the Middle East."German Religious Women in Late Ottoman Beirut"(Leiden:Brill,2015)."A Taste for Purity."(NY:Columbia University Press,2024).
https://www.julia-hauser.de
Kelli @frankincensored.bsky.social literature, philosophy, Islamic history & culture
Omniya Abdel Barr @omabarr.bsky.social Architect, MA in Conservation, PhD in Islamic History. Head of Development at the Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation and Researcher at the V&A.
Currently raising funds to restore Bayt al-Razzaz, a 15th c. palace in Historic Cairo built by Sultan Qaytbay.
Jordan Denari Duffner @jordandenariduff.bsky.social Catholic theologian of Muslim-Christian relations. Scholar, educator, author, activist. Georgetown Hoya. Books: #FindingJesusAmongMuslims; #Islamophobia; Forthcoming: #PopeFrancisandIslam
Fayrouz Ibrahim, Ph.D @drfayrouzibrahim.bsky.social Associate Professor and Art Historian specializing in the Medieval period of the Mediterranean basin, with a focus on sacred art and architecture, material culture, and the early Islamic periods.
Deborah Schlein @djschle.bsky.social Near Eastern Studies librarian | Middle East, South Asia research | manuscripts, marginalia, mild mayhem | history of medicine and science | PhD
Martin Nguyen @alakhira.bsky.social Muslim Theology • Islamic Studies • Wordcraft • Bibliophile • Professor
I’m always writing in my head, sometimes on paper, on matters of faith, ethics, and the intersection of race and religion
Dr. Stephennie Mulder @stephenniem.bsky.social Assoc prof of Islamic art at UT Austin, 24-25 NEH Fellow, Syria, archaeology, heritage. Formerly world-renowned author of "The Citizen Kane of Islam-centric cat-themed Twitter threads", now making an Arabic/English digital game set in 8th c. Syria
Neha Vermani @nehavermani.bsky.social Historian of Mughal material culture,food practices,senses,emotions & objects. Former @Britishacademy_ Fellow @unishefhistory. I frequently share snippets from my research on the Instagram handle consuming_history.
Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics;
Signal: Juan Cole
GloQur – The Global Qur'an @gloqur.bsky.social ERC-funded research project @UniFreiburg on the modern history of Muslim Qur'an translation. PI: Johanna Pink.
https://gloqur.de
Adam Bursi @adambursi.bsky.social Acquisitions Editor @ Fortress Press
Religion in late antiquity/early Islam etc
Wrote a book: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-traces-of-the-prophets.html
Edited another: https://brill.com/display/title/62333
We should improve society somewhat
Yael Rice @yaelrice.bsky.social Art historian researching and teaching pre-modern Islamic South Asia and West Asia. Portable objects, books, dh, museums, and cats, not necessarily in that order.
Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social Religion Prof. Islam, South Asia, Middle East. Fascinated by religious actors & movements in modernity. Two books on Islamic da'wa (mission, propagation). Other words in sundry other places. Opinions my own; not speaking for my employer.
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Simon Wolfgang Fuchs @simonwfuchs.bsky.social Associate Professor of Islam in South Asia and the Middle East at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem // Author of "In a Pure Muslim Land. Shi'ism between Pakistan and the Middle East" (UNC Press, 2019) // www.simonwolfgangfuchs.com
Johanna Pink @jabunna.bsky.social Prof of Islamic Studies @UniFreiburg. Mostly busy with GloQur–The Global Qur'an. And three children. And my chili 🌶 plants.
Current mood: Trying to write a global history of modern Muslim Qur'an translation. 🤩 Being kept from finishing by admin work.😤
HMML @visithmml.bsky.social The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) photographs, catalogs, & provides access to manuscripts—partnering with more than 1,500 libraries worldwide to preserve & share handwritten history. Learn more: hmml.org
Bettina Joy de Guzman @ancientlyric.bsky.social www.bettinajoydeguzman.com PhD Classics candidate, Uni of Reading. Multi-instrumentalist. Composer. President of CCA South. Classics MA. Educator. Poet. BA English, Music, Psychology. Patreon.com/BettinaJoyDeGuzman
Shabana Mir @shabana.bsky.social Associate professor
Author, 'Muslim American Women on Campus'
Scholar of anthropology, Islam, gender, and higher education
Views are always mine only
@shabanamir1 on X
koonjblog.wordress.com
Like what I do? https://ko-fi.com/shabana
Leonie Böttiger @leonieboettiger.bsky.social Doctoral researcher at MPIWG Berlin researching premodern Arabic recipe collections related to crafts. Interested in languages, literature & translation. Editor at ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly
I write about my research at arabicrecipes.hypotheses.org
Marijn van Putten @phdnix.bsky.social Historical Linguist; Working on Quranic Arabic and the linguistic history of Arabic and Tamazight. Game designer for Team18k
Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com Artist-scholar, specialised in early Arabic (Kufi) scripts & historical/natural materials. Interest in material culture & things real. Beirut émigré in Oxford. Earth lover, plastic-free. Contemplative. Whovian/Gallifrey…
Links: https://linktr.ee/Majnouna
ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social An online magazine & micropublisher. ALQ & Books: http://arablit.org/ * Reader-supported: http://patreon.com/arablit, http://arablit.gumroad.com * PACBI signatory
Χοδαδαδίος Ρεζαχανίδης, PhD, KRT, Duc de Téhéran @sasanianshah.bsky.social Brown Viking. Historian, late antique Central & W. Asia, Sasanians, Byzantines, Scandinavia, Rus’. BD fan, Globe Trotter, Kensington Communist, flâneur, in love w London, Tehran, Athens, & Vienna. Have laptop, will write.
Best of Dying Twitter @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social Looking into it. Chief Looker: @jenn.bsky.social
Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social Associate Professor (Reader), soas @soasuni.bsky.social, researching Palestine/Israel history. Race, migration, material culture, Antisemitism. "City in Fragments" (Stanford 2020) Currently working on Ashkenazi integration in the Arab Levant
Sylvia Chan-Malik @schanmalik.bsky.social Mom, Professor, Writer. Author of "Being Muslim: A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam" (NYU Press, 2018) & "A Part of Islam: A Journey through Muslim America" (Penguin Random House, forthcoming). Views only mine.
Nazita Lajevardi @nazita.bsky.social Political scientist. Scholar of race, religion, and American politics.
Laila Lalami @lailalalami.com Author of six books, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist THE MOOR’S ACCOUNT. Reader. Mutant. https://linktr.ee/lalami
Josh Mugler @jmugs.bsky.social Working with manuscripts at HMML, probably posting cats. Philadelphia. Hoping this app works (he/him)
Dr. Donna Auston @tinymuslimah.bsky.social Publicly intellectual. Race, gender, activism, and all things Black/Muslim. Anthropologist. Dr. Auston if you’re nasty.
Disc @disciple.bsky.social
Amel Ahmed @amel.bsky.social Legal journo based in NYC. Currently Legal Affairs Producer & Writer for “Velshi” on MSNBC.
Signal: @amel.68
Ahmed Ali Akbar @radbrowndads.bsky.social food reporter @ chicago tribune 🗣️ co-host: hbo's dune: prophecy official podcast w greta johnsen (every sunday!) 🥭 james beard award winning writer 🎤 see something say something pod
Prof. Sajida Jalalzai 🍉 @sajidajalalzai.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Religion at Trinity University who thinks, writes, and teaches about Islam in N.A., gender, race, power, and some other stuff. All opinions are my own. 🍉
bishop chui @bishopchui.bsky.social
Amanda Hannoosh Steinberg @menalibahs.bsky.social Librarian for Islamic Art & Architecture at Harvard Fine Arts Library. Scholar of women in medieval Arabic pop lit. She/her/hers. Opinions≠employer's.
Sohaib 🔻 @sohaibology.bsky.social religious studies. pedagogy. libraries.
abolish. eat the rich. have dessert.
The colonizer lied.
#FreePalestine 🇵🇸
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Helen De Cruz @helendecruz.net Philosopher writing on science, religion, SFF, SFWA, Codex, lute music.
newsletter: http://helendecruz.substack.com
website: https://helendecruz.net/
My book Wonderstruck - https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691232126/wonderstruck
weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social fibre arts enthusiast
https://linktr.ee/weirdmedievalguys
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
Laury Silvers/Jayne Green @laurylsilvers.bsky.social Muslim Canadian author of mysteries and thrillers. #Toronto Thrillers by Jayne Green. Rat City, The #Sufi Mysteries Quartet and its spin-off, Ghazi Ammar (2025), by Laury Silvers. Fan of the IJC/ICC. Keeping my handles, but I'm not here
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet.
Alexander Jabbari @ajab.bsky.social Professor of sundry Persianate things. I write about language, literature, history, philology, politics.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me Award-winning soccer mom. Wrote the books that one of those shows you like was based on. Currently: POISON IVY for DC Comics, BLACK CAT for Marvel. Buy my books: bookshop.org/shop/gww
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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social History of Iran & beyond | Hosted by Niloofar & Dr. Michael RJ Bonner | Reza Shah 👑 AtaTürk enthusiasts
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aunty gormint, bro beeble 🍉 @pashamkhan.bsky.social diaspakora
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst @profirmf.bsky.social tired Islam, South Asia, race, & religion professor. podcaster. parent. enthusiastic killjoy. drama & drag & bad movie fan. adoptee. she/her.
(specifics @ profirmf.com)
Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social Picks books up and puts them down. Will work 4 دبس وطحينة.
Professes Arabic and History @ UMD
Hears selectively. Reads voraciously.