Ramy Raoof Halim رامي رؤوف حليم @ramyraoof.bsky.social Technologist | Investigations, OSINT & Threat Intelligence | Surveillance & Spyware Research | Public-Interest Technology | Security & Policy Advisor
Laia @laiacsole.bsky.social PhD student at SNS // far-right, social media, and the youth
Abier @abierkhatib.bsky.social 
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
Leila Belhadj Mohamed @leilabelmoh.bsky.social Freelance Italian-Tunisian Journalist
SWANA, migration and digital rights
Marc Bernstein @marcbernstein261.bsky.social MSc Politics & BA (Hons) Politics, Philosophy & History Birkbeck University of London, Civil Servant From & live in London Uk. politics History & intl affairs, Culture, Jewish life, Soccer. Also on here to make friends. Straight Single & Jewish
nello scavo @nelloscavo.bsky.social Journalist at Avvenire. Special correspondent. Made in Sicily. Giornalista di Avvenire. Inviato speciale. Siciliano. nelloscavo@protonmail.com
Roberto Secci @bobsecci.bsky.social Radiofonico per molti anni in prestito alla Tv Cronista parlamentare. Antifascista
Riccardo Cucchi @riccardocucchi.bsky.social Non riesco ad essere indifferente
Stefano Corradino @stefanocorradino.bsky.social Giornalista: inviato di Rainews24 e direttore Articolo21. Cantautore: ho inciso l'album "Note di Cronaca" ispirato a storie vere da me raccontate in TV
Damla Keşkekci @damlakeskekci.bsky.social PhD in Political Science and Sociology @sns.it | #transnational #farright #socialmovements #textasdata #networkanalysis | damlakeskekci.com
Abdelrahman Ayyash عبدالرحمن عياش @3yyash.bsky.social Journalist, Translator, and Researcher - Working on Islamic movements, Democracy, and Human Rights in the Middle East. 3yyash@proton[.]me
Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social Sociology prof at CUNY (Hunter & Grad Center) sharing her own thoughts. Maker of resistance humus. Author of REFUGE. Now writing on the violence & COST OF BORDERS. she/هي
https://linktr.ee/hebagowayed
لسه عايزين عيش حريه و عداله اجتماعية
Jonathan Blanks @blanksslate.bsky.social D.C.-based criminal justice writer and socio-political critic who spends a lot of time at the library.
Hoosier by birth and college education.
Some would call me a libertarian. I would not.
https://theblanksslate.substack.com/
Signal: @jpblanks.36
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
Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social Sociologist of mobilities, nationalism, racism, and state power at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, sharing her own thoughts.
Home Rule (2020, Duke U. Press)
Home Economics (2006, U of Toronto Press)
#NoBorders
nanditasharma.net
Mathieu Carbasse @matcarbasse.bsky.social Journaliste @ledevoir.com
Défense / Économie / Enjeux internationaux
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Nouvelles, politique, économie, culture, environnement.
Montréal | Québec | Canada
mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social Technology and human rights. Associate Director of Technology Threats and Opportunities at @witnessorg.bsky.social | Doctoral Researcher @oii.ox.ac.uk
Sarah Mersch @sarah81m.bsky.social Tunis-based freelance correspondent for German language media & journalism trainer; Kefteji-lover; RT # endorsement, ♡ = bookmark, opinions my own etc
Alex Milan Durie @amkdurie.bsky.social Senior Journalist for Al Jazeera English
Words & photos also in The Guardian, TIME Magazine, The Financial Times, The Economist, Reuters, Rolling Stone & more
👁 on MENA, Mediterranean, culture, migration, and human rights 🌐
www.alexdurie.com
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social Associate Professor Northwestern University in Qatar | Studies Disinfo, Digital Repression & Gulf Politics | Author Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East (Hurst & OUP) Political Repression in Bahrain (Cambridge University Press) | Cat Fancier
Gohary @ircpresident.bsky.social Directing programs at the intersection of tech, human rights & media. @GlobalVoices.org Services Lead and Board Member. Alum: @AnmatMedia, @IFEX, AlMasry AlYoum, Engineering. Find me at https://mohamedelgohary.com
Farrah Fazal @farrahfazal.bsky.social 📺Doc Producer/Director | EP
🎤Journalist: former war correspondent, fascism, race, politics, disinfo, extremism, cults, immigration, US-MX border
♥️Radical Love
🕊️”Truthful not neutral”
🌍US| AFRICA|UK|CAN|MIDDLE EAST
✊🏽SAG-AFTRA | 9 EMMYS
🦠Lyme warrior
Alessandro Accorsi @aleaccorsi.bsky.social Researcher Technology and Conflict | Previously @crisisgroup.org Stratcom EEAS, Middle Eastern and investigative journalist | @cityjournalism alumni
Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com Your story. Your platform. Follow our live coverage on aljazeera.com
Leyla Hamed @leylahamed.bsky.social 📍Málaga-London
⚽️🎙️Editor, writer, talker
Vanessa Newby @vfnewby.bsky.social Asst Prof | Leiden University | Author of ‘Peacekeeping in South Lebanon’ | International Relations | UN | Gender | WPS | Middle East | Peacekeeping | WIIS Netherlands | CCL | Imm Joudeh | She/Her | Website: vfnewby.com
Mona Shtaya 🍉 @monashtaya.bsky.social Tech policy | Human being at large
Migrants' Rights Network @migrantsrights.bsky.social Migrants’ Rights Network is a UK campaigning charity that stands in solidarity with all migrants in their fight for rights and justice.
https://linktr.ee/migrantsrightsnetwork
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
rhetoric hashira @tumblesweed.bsky.social online dial-up old. lived in a lot of places. currently in new england. still covid cautious. ex-academic rhetoric and writing phd. mixed white-privileged yoeme diaspora "pretendian." child of the watch. stone and sky.
Chris El-kholy 🧿 @chriselkholy.bsky.social journalist by training/ media critic by necessity⠀
online editor @newlinesmag.bsky.social
toronto by way of cairo
[@chrysographer on the platform formerly known as twitter]
Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social Reporter lady @ms.now
Signal username: brandyzadrozny.53
Email from a non-work account: brandy.zadrozny@ms.now
The Electronic Intifada @intifada.bsky.social Palestine's weapon of mass instruction. http://electronicintifada.net
Asa Winstanley @asawinstanley.com Journalist with @intifada.bsky.social. Bestselling author of “Weaponising Anti-Semitism” from OR Books. Link to buy below.
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Yezid Sayigh @yezidsayigh.bsky.social Senior Fellow @carnegiemec.bsky.social. Posting about #ArabMilitary political/economic roles, #CivilMilitary relations, #Middle East conflict. Views my own.
Olga Byrska @obyrska.bsky.social PhD researcher in post-WW2 intellectual history at the @EUI_EU. Teaching history at @sciencespo Reims campus. Sometimes making theatre. 🏳️🌈 she/her
📍Paris/Warsaw/elsewhere
Joey Shea @joeyshea.bsky.social Saudi Arabia and UAE Researcher @HRW • she/her
https://www.hrw.org/about/people/joey-shea
Carolyn Barnett @cbarns.bsky.social Assistant Prof. @ University of Arizona SGPP. MENA politics, gender, public opinion, social policy, pol econ of development.
Alice Franchini @alicefranchini.bsky.social PhD candidate in Political Science and Sociology at Scuola Normale Superiore | Co-founder & advocacy officer at EgyptWide | working on activism and civil society in the Mediterranean region, BHR (arms trade, energy).
Activist. Views mine.
lei / ləi
Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app 3 dogs. 2 kitchens. Zero chill. | Lawyer | Journalist | Host of B*tch, Listen podcast | abortion rights are, like, 80% of my personality | skeets are the opinion of your employer. | Colorado, America🏳️🌈
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
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
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"
Mat Nashed @matnashed.bsky.social Journalist for Al Jazeera English. Covering Sudan and Palestine.
Scott D. Haddow @sdhaddow.bsky.social Bioarchaeologist with a focus on SW Asia, Ancient Egypt and Sudan. Funerary practices, taphonomy, dental anthropology. Music and photography nerd.
Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at eff.org/social.
Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social Politics, geopolitics, psychology, etc.
Been called “brilliant but out there.”
Smith College BA, MSW | LSE
#AuDHD #LGBTQ #MECFS
Patreon: patreon.com/leahmcelrath
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
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/
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
elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social Journalist, writer etc — but mostly her dad. AuDHD. Library socialist. Luddite.
Host @thefirethesetimes.com & @thestartrekpod.bsky.social
Newsletter: http://hauntologies.net
Archives: https://eliaayoub.com
From 🇱🇧. In Brighton, UK
Alex Winter @alexwinter.com Trans Rights are Human Rights.
alexwinter.com
Paola Caridi @invisiblearabs.bsky.social A long chapter of my life (12 yrs) in Cairo and Jerusalem. Journalist, IR historian/ Saggista, giornalista. Presidente di Lettera22
Bissan @bissan.bsky.social 
Monica Hanna @monicahanna.bsky.social الدارس غلب الفارس…
Soha Bayoumi @sbayoumi.bsky.social Cairo-born, Baltimore-based academic: health humanities, Graphic Medicine, Egypt, Middle East, feminisms.
Editor-in-Chief | Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (JMEWS)
Director of Fellowships | Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies (BBQ+)
She/They
Dina Sadek @dinamsadek.bsky.social Senior Analyst @Graphika.
I have opinions of my own.
Mohamed Naeem @mhamednaeem.bsky.social Egyptian writer, author and political ideologue كاتب ومؤلّف مشتغل بالشأن السياسي المصري والعربي
@renoviana.dev 🇧🇷 | Baiano perdido no DF | Software Engineer | All photos taken by me 📷 | renoviana.com
🛒 @carcarapromocoes.bsky.social
🐦 @avesbrasil.bsky.social
🪻 @florabrasil.bsky.social
📚 @livro.bsky.social
Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social Politics, poetry, ports, pottymouth. She/her.
Typos and dropped words in every post, because sharing is caring.
Find me at l.khalili@exeter.ac.uk 
Benni Leemhuis @bennileemhuis.bsky.social PRO fietsen bergen wandelen geschiedenis Zwitserland Egypte oud-raadslid GroenLinks Groningen
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
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
Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social Author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism (Verso 2021).
Work @eff.org, teach at College of Europe Natolin, sing and play 🎷 in a band, live in London, full bio at https://jilliancyork.com/about
Views are mine alone.
Wasil Ali - واصل علي @wasilalitaha.bsky.social Formerly deputy editor in chief w/ @SudanTribune_EN @Axios contributor. Married 👫 Warning: I have very thick skin
Mohamad Najem @monajem.bsky.social Tech & human rights in the MENA region. Director of SMEX
Kareem Chehayeb @chehayebk.bsky.social Middle East reporter at The Associated Press, usually reporting on Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. kchehayeb@ap.org
لينا الهذلول Lina Alhathloul @linaalhathloul.bsky.social 
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
Marwa Fatafta | مروة فطافطة @marwasf.bsky.social Palestinian feminist made in Saudi | MENA Policy and Advocacy Director @AccessNow
3nkaboot @3nkaboot.bsky.social Sam ☘️
omnia khalil أمنية خليل @omniakhalil.bsky.social Anthropology professor at the City College of New York
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
Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to three dogs and a cat.
Ruth Michaelson @ruthmichaelson.com Observer Middle East correspondent based in Turkey.
Bylines @theobserveruk.bsky.social & seen in @theguardian.com, sometimes others.
ruth.michaelson@observer.co.uk
ruth.michaelson@guardian.co.uk
ruth@ruthmichaelson.com
www.ruthmichaelson.com
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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Sarah Mohsen @sarah94.bsky.social Co-founder and researcher at masaar.net
Human rights, tech and a little bit of cinema and video games.
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
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 ✌🏼
نص بيضحك والتاني زعلان .. انا شيخ فلتان 🕊️
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
Zeinobia @zeinobia.bsky.social Egyptian Blogger / Journalist / Photographer. Keybase:
@zeinobia
. Just another talkative Egyptian RT is not an Endorsement.
Human Rights Watch @hrw.org 🔎 🌎 ✊
Exposing human rights abuses around the world.- A @audreybolus.bsky.social @audreybolus.bsky.social
Micha Tobia @michatobia.bsky.social Editorial Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social | Heart and mind in Beirut
Lobna Darwish @lobna.bsky.social 
Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer | Executive Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social