Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social Palestinian-American digital-internet pioneer. Non-profit, NGO founder. Scholar, analyst, consultant, lecturer. Humanist. MENA Peace and Reconciliation. Interdisciplinary Narrative Studies. Campari enthusiast. Dawg Mom. Yankees & Giants Fan.
Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social Host SiriusXM radio's The Dean Obeidallah show, writer, lawyer and comedian. Saving America one fact and punchline at a time--not necessarily in that order! Please sign up for my newsletter https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/
Marsin Alshamary @marsin.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston College | Non-resident fellow at Brookings Institution 
Konstantin Kakaes @kkakaes.bsky.social Editor, Reporter and Writer.
Susan Sachs @susansachs1212.bsky.social Journalist, editor, mentor with the Marie Colvin Journalists’ Network. Ex bureau chief in Cairo, Jerusalem, Moscow, Baghdad, Istanbul, Paris and Kabul for New York Times, Newsday and Globe and Mail.
McKenzie Funk @mckenziefunk.com Reporter @propublica.org, author of The Hank Show and Windfall | Signal: mckenziefunk.01 | Other secure contacts: http://keybase.io/mckenziefunk
Mariam Karouny @mariamkarouny.bsky.social 
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Sara Catania @saracatania.com President, Solutions Journalism Network. Selection committee, JSK Stanford. Boards: Society of Professional Journalists, Ascencia. Third of seven. Pisces. Upstream swimmer.
Rena Effendi @renaeffendi.bsky.social Photographer, filmmaker, writer
Khaled Diab @khaleddiab.bsky.social Journalist, writer, activist. Eco-worrier. Punsultant. Author of 'Islam for the Politically Incorrect' and 'Intimate Enemies'.
The Alternative Guide to Islam: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HGVJ8WCF
Website: https://chronikler.com
Rozina Ali @rozinaali.bsky.social NYT Magazine contributing writer. Journalist covering conflict, MidEast and South Asia, Islamophobia, immigration
Signal: rozina.30
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
Sana Saeed @sanasaeed.bsky.social media critic, currently uncouth. prev: al jazeera
Chatham House Middle East and North Africa @chmenap.bsky.social The Middle East and North Africa Programme @chathamhouse.bsky.social | A world-leading centre for analysis, policy research and debate on the MENA region.
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ICMC @icmc.bsky.social Protecting and serving #refugees, #migrants and #displaced persons since 1951.
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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.
Lauren Wolfe @laurenwolfe.bsky.social Journalist. Former NYU J-school prof, current and forever dog parent. Chills.substack.com
Ziad Achkar, Ph.D. @ziadachkar.bsky.social Working on ICT4D and Organizational Learning
Reinoud Leenders @leendersreinoud.bsky.social Reader in International Politics and Middle East Studies, King's College London, Department of War Studies. https://www.reinoudleenders.org All views expressed are my own.
Maggie Jones @maggiepjones.bsky.social Contributing Writer at NYT Magazine. Teaching prof. at University of Pittsburgh Writing Program. Former Nieman Fellow. Former Louisvillian, etc. etc. Contact: maggie.jones@nytimes.com
Nicole Tung @nicoletung.bsky.social Photographer | Member of @viiphoto
Based in Istanbul
Petra Stienen @petrastienen.bsky.social Mosaic life
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human rights & social justice - inclusion & gender
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social Diplomatic Correspondent for The New York Times
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@robchaney1.bsky.social @robchaney1.bsky.social Storyteller, campfire builder, Nieman 2020 “The Grizzly in the Driveway”
Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social New Yorker executive editor; author of “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America” from Doubleday.
Dawn Garcia @dawngarcia.bsky.social Director, John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships, @jskstanford. Mentor for global innovators in journalism, emerging J leaders & a press freedom advocate. Motto: "No brilliant jerks." https://jsk.stanford.edu/people/dawn-garcia
Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social Washington Post national education reporter. Signal: twallack.99 email: todd.wallack@washpost.com.
Natalia Guerrero @nnguerrero.bsky.social BBC Senior Multimedia Journalist, BBC Global Features . Enthusiast. 2020 Nieman Fellow at Harvard | ENG/ESP
Matthew Teller @matthewteller.com Author: FINDING ALADDIN, out Nov 2026 • DAYBREAK IN GAZA • NINE QUARTERS OF JERUSALEM • QUITE ALONE • https://linktr.ee/matthewteller • He/him
RafifJ @rafifj.bsky.social American by birth, Syrian by blood, activist by nature. Shouting from the rooftop: FREE SYRIA. VP, Syrian Liberal Party; board president, Baytna and Nonviolence International. #Resist
Sophia Jones @sophiamjones.bsky.social Researcher at HRW investigating war crimes & human rights violations. Award-winning journalist. Wandering Wisconsinite. 
Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social Politics Editor @newlinesmag.bsky.social
Peter Lundberg @peterlundberg.bsky.social Executive Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) Lund, Sweden. Follow us at:
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LSE Middle East Centre @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social LSE MEC builds on LSE's long engagement with the Middle East and provides a central hub for the wide range of research on the region.
Ramzi Kaiss | رمزي قيس @ramzikaiss.bsky.social Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch @HRW.org
Mounir Ibrahim @mouniribrahim.bsky.social Former U.S. Diplomat turned tech fan. @Truepic.bsky.social
views are my own opinions. New Yorker mixed with some Cairo
Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social Middle East energy guru. CEO of Qamar Energy, fellow Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy, author 'The Myth of the Oil Crisis' & 'Capturing Carbon'; columnist The National, weekly newsletter https://www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/energy-this-week
Ali Shihabi علي الشهابي @alishihabi.bsky.social Writing about the Politics and Economics of Saudi Arabia
Andrea Stanton @andrealstanton.bsky.social Professor of Islamic studies & Middle East historian, University of Denver.
Research foci: digital Islam, Mandate Palestine, Arab-world radio.
Twin mama. Wordy by nature.
Sonyanga Ole Ngais @sonyanga.bsky.social Traveller: The eye that leaves the village sees further.
Filmmaker, photographer, From Kenya 🇰🇪
MA Media and Globalisation 🇬🇧, BA Communication Electronic Media 🇰🇪, Leadership in Civic Engagement 🇺🇸.
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.
ECFR MENA @ecfrmena.bsky.social Middle East and North Africa Programme @ecfr.eu
https://ecfr.eu/privacy/#social-media-profiles 
Eman Al Nafjan @saudiwoman.bsky.social Saudi writer & academic. NYT, Guardian, Politico, Foreign Policy. TIME 25 Most Influential (2018), RSF Courage Prize (2019). Still writing.
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
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Erin Cunningham @erinmcunningham.bsky.social 🪬AP news director in Jerusalem; former Mideast editor + correspondent at WaPo. Previously in Cairo, Kabul, Gaza, Istanbul, Baghdad. All the pieces matter.
Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social Journalist | Wars, rights, dissent | Italiana all'estero, mother of dragons, runner | Send me tips
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Liam Stack @liam-stack.bsky.social NY Times reporter currently in Tel Aviv, but usually in NYC. Formerly Cairo, and a few other places. Khawaga-at-large. Brand new to BlueSky. Liam.stack@nytimes.com
Pranvera Shema Smith @pranveras.bsky.social Founder of On Front Line, live current affairs programme. Co-founder of The Frontline Club. Mum of 3. Ex-fixer.
elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social Brighton-based journalist, historian , writer etc — but mostly her dad.
Words in @derspekter.org, @972mag.com, Shado etc
🎙️ @thefirethesetimes.com & @thestartrekpod.bsky.social
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Declan Walsh @declanwalsh.bsky.social Chief Africa correspondent, The New York Times
Kamila Shamsie @kshams.bsky.social Writer
Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social Socialist, antifascist, writer in various places, geriatric millennial, GQ's 9th Worst Dressed Man in 2016. He/him. YouTube channel http://bit.ly/33iARb3 🏳️🌈
Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social Report + edit @us.theguardian.com | Past: visual investigations @forensicarchi.bsky.social (The Murder of June Knightly https://vimeo.com/913426020) and @theintercept.com (Meet the Riot Squad https://vimeo.com/935228869) | +2,500 @nytimes.com bylines
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Africa Is a Country @africasacountry.bsky.social Website, Podcast, Radio Show. Left politics & culture, useable pasts. http://africasacountry.com
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book available now.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
Scott Blanchard @scottblanchard.bsky.social Journalist. Contributing at the Christian Science Monitor. ‘13 Ochberg Fellow at Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. Invested in countering bad information by spreading facts and context. Also: birder, traveler, low-rent Civil War geek.
Nieman Reports @niemanreports.org A publication of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, Nieman Reports covers thought leadership in journalism—winner of the Bart Richards Media Criticism Award and Mirror Awards.
https://niemanreports.org/
Raffi Khatchadourian @raffiwriter.bsky.social Staff writer, The New Yorker
Fellow, The Safina Center
raffikhatchadourian.com
Ayman Mhanna @amhanna.bsky.social Samir Kassir Foundation director. College of Europe visiting professor. EYL40 member. Wine reviewer.
Mohamad El Chamaa @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social reporter @WashingtonPost.com
📫 mohamad.elchamaa@washpost.com
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Bradley Secker @bradleysecker.bsky.social Photojournalist & portrait photographer in Istanbul. Brit. Covering migration & LGBT rights, politics, culture, news & features. Nat Geo Explorer. Rep by Panos Pictures. bradleysecker.substack.com / bradleysecker.com
Olga Sarrado Mur @olgasarradomur.bsky.social Global Spokesperson at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency 📍Geneva
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
Kyle DeGraw @kyledegraw.bsky.social Director of Media & Comms at Mercy Corps. Former Save the Children.
X-pat.
Optimistic misanthrope.
Dog/plant dad.
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Catalina Gómez Angel @catapluma.bsky.social Corresponsal en Oriente Medio con base en Irán. Desde 2022 paso parte del tiempo también en Ucrania. @France24_es @Lavanguardia @rfi_es
Abdalhadi Alijla @abdalhadi.bsky.social Gazan. Researcher. I write and speak on MENA, Peace and Conflicts. Award-winning researcher. Www.abdalhadi.net
Olly Lambert @ollylambert.bsky.social Emmy & BAFTA-winning documentary filmmaker, credits include ‘Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke’ (Hulu/Disney), 'Ukraine: The People’s Fight' (BBC), 'Aftershock' (Netflix), 'One Day in Gaza', 'Syria Behind the Lines'. www.ollylambert.com
Amanda Aronczyk @amandaaronczyk.bsky.social Co-host of NPR's Planet Money //
Signal: aronczyk.01
Mohanad Hage Ali @mohanad.bsky.social MENA politics
Lizzie Porter @lcmporter.bsky.social Award-winning correspondent based in Turkey for The National newspaper. English, français, العربيّة, فارسى, Türkçe öğreniyorum. I like elegant writing, translation, textiles, and the sea. All views are my own.
Bente Scheller @bentescheller.bsky.social Specializes in Foreign & Security Policy, Middle East and particularly Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Iran, Afghanistan. Author of The Wisdom of Syria's Waiting Game. FP under the Assads. Posts my own.
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.
Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social Staff writer @newyorker, proud wife of @peterbakernyt and mom of @tab_delete, co-author, "Kremlin Rising," "The Man Who Ran Washington," and "The Divider: Trump in the White House."
Rahul Bhatia @rahulabhatia.bsky.social Journalist. Author of The New India: The Unmaking of the World’s Largest Democracy; Harvard Radcliffe fellow; Winner, True Story Award 2024; New Yorker, Guardian Long Read, etc.
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social 
Diana Moukalled @dianamoukalled.bsky.social Journalist
Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social Staff Writer @NewYorker. Fellow in the China Center @Brookingsinst. Latest book, "The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich" https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Haves-and-Have-Yachts/Evan-Osnos/9781668204481
Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social The Council for Arab British Understanding works to advance Arab-British relations through its support for international law, human rights and democracy.
www.caabu.org
Alex Crawford @alexcrawfreports.bsky.social Foreign correspondent Sky News
Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social Journalist and commentator. Past: EP The Stream / Digital Editor Al Jazeera English / Reuters in Africa and Middle East. Jackeen.
Mei Fong @meifong.bsky.social CCO @hrw, Pulitzer winning journo, author ‘One Child’ Ambie, duPont. Interested in all things storytelling
Julien Barnes-Dacey @jbdacey.bsky.social MENA programme director at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Europe-based, once upon a time in Syria and Egypt
Katherine Zoepf @katherinezoepf.bsky.social Author of EXCELLENT DAUGHTERS http://amzn.to/2SR3S6E. Former @nytimes @Reuters @ForeignAffairs @NewAmerica. Lucky mother of three.
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Kareem Shaheen @kshaheen.bsky.social Middle East Editor, Newsletters Editor @newlinesmag. Former Guardian Mideast correspondent. Gamer dad.
mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social Palestinian poet from Gaza. Author of Forest of Noise & Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear.
Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz.bsky.social New book: The Blood Between Us. Also The Road from Damascus. Co-author Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War. Writer and deputy editor at the Critical Muslim. English editor at @Prisons. Journalism etc collected at www.qunfuz.com
Yezid Sayigh @yezidsayigh.bsky.social Senior Fellow @carnegiemec.bsky.social. Posting about #ArabMilitary political/economic roles, #CivilMilitary relations, #Middle East conflict. Views my own.
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social Law professor
Khaled Elgindy @elgindy.bsky.social Middle East analyst | author, ‘Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, from Balfour to Trump’ http://tinyurl.com/y5qpl6bb 
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