Ahmed Abdelnaby @abnozy.bsky.social Lawyer & Co-founder at RCRL
Mostafa Al-A'sar | مصطفى الأعصر @mostafaalasar.bsky.social Founder & CEO of @REDWORD.ca | JHR/The Walrus contributing writer | journalist | Writer | Researcher | Filmmaker | HRD | Ex-Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE)/MasseyCollege Journalism Fellow | Ex-Fellow @TimepDC
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
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Mariam Kirollos @markir.bsky.social Researcher. Writer. Feminist. MENA+
Hakim Abdelnaeem @hakimabdelnaeem.bsky.social Egyptian multidisciplinary artist, writer and researcher living in France.
Anti Fascism/ Zionism/Capitalism.
🇵🇸 is from the river to the sea -
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www.hakimabdelnaeem.com
Karam S. Nachar @karamnachar.bsky.social Executive Editor and Director at AlJumhuriya. Politics, History, Syria, and all things related to independent media.
محرر ومدير تنفيذي لمنصة الجمهورية. مهتم بالسياسة والتاريخ الحديث، سوريا والمشرق، وكل ما يتعلق بقطاع الإعلام المستقل
Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer | Executive Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social - M @madamasr.bsky.social @madamasr.bsky.social
- F Free Alaa @freealaa.bsky.social Campaign to free imprisoned democracy activist, Alaa Abd el-Fattah
Wael Eskandar @weskandar.bsky.social A writer of sorts
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
Mona Seif @monasosh.bsky.social This time I won't run after anything, you will find me playing with ducks.
Scientist, Human Rights Defender, Cat Decipherer, and Mother 💛
#FreeAlaa 
Belal Fadl @belalfadl.bsky.social كاتب على باب الله
Max Rodenbeck @maxji.bsky.social Israel/Palestine Program Director for the International Crisis Group and in earlier avatars Germany, South Asia and Middle East bureau chief for The Economist
Embee @embeemb.bsky.social In a serious relationship with my gadgets. Also coffee makes me happy.
Hafsa Halawa @hafsahalawa.bsky.social Egyptian/Iraqi Brit. Political analyst and mediation specialist, working across MENA/Horn of Africa. Views here my own. RT ≠ endorsement.
Abir Ghattas @abirghattas.bsky.social CIO & Director of Information Security @HRW • Feminist • @abirghattas@infosec.exchange •
ARTICLE 19 Law and Policy @article19law.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and information through legal & policy reforms. Everywhere
SMEX @smex.org SMEX is a nonprofit dedicated to safeguarding human rights in digital spaces across West Asia and North Africa.
@elazhary.bsky.social @elazhary.bsky.social Co-founder and lawyer at @Masaar.bsky.social 
Tara Tarakiyee @tarakiyee.bsky.social Public interest technologist. Open source, digital autonomy, internet
governance. Berlin. another internet is possible. tarakiyee.com
Bissan @bissan.bsky.social 
Khalidalbaih @khalidalbaih.bsky.social @moleskinefoundation fellow /Soros Arts Fellow/ EHF Fellow
Founder: @getfadaa_ @dohafashionfridays @sudanadlibrary @khartoonmag
Sarah A | ساره @xsa.bsky.social hacker | infosec + human rights + anti-surveillance丨past VP Security @OpenTechFund, @internetFF, @HRW丨past fellow @mozilla @NewAmerica丨Beirut ➝ Brooklyn- R @rimajed.bsky.social @rimajed.bsky.social
مجد // Majd @majdal.cc What are *you* doing to stop the genocide? To build a better future for all of us?
I'm a PhD student, in geography, at uToronto. I think about just futures in the context of climate change.
More active on Mastodon: @majdal@social.coop
#FreePalestine
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
Open Society Foundations @open-society.bsky.social We work to build vibrant and inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable to their people.
Our website: https://osf.to
Community guidelines: http://osf.to/CG
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
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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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
Zeinobia @zeinobia.bsky.social Egyptian Blogger / Journalist / Photographer. Keybase:
@zeinobia
. Just another talkative Egyptian RT is not an Endorsement.
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
Mohamed Naeem @mhamednaeem.bsky.social Egyptian writer, author and political ideologue كاتب ومؤلّف مشتغل بالشأن السياسي المصري والعربي
The Big Pharaoh @thebigpharaoh.bsky.social 
Nancy Okail @nancyokail.bsky.social President & CEO @CIPolicy. Ex-convict, Scholar, Tango dancer. Advocate: Justice, Human Rights, Peace & Security. @Stanford, @SussexUni. Fmr ED @TimepDC
Reem Awny Abuzaid @reemabuzaid.bsky.social PhDing and Sn. GTA@ Warwick Uni. MA & LLM @ AUC. MSc in sociology @ LSE. Interested in gendered citizenship, legal activism, LGBT+ and women activism in Egypt and Lebanon. 
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
Reem Saad @reemsaad.bsky.social Anthropologist
If you can’t beat them study them.
omnia khalil أمنية خليل @omniakhalil.bsky.social Anthropology professor at the City College of New York
@nabeel-s.bsky.social @nabeel-s.bsky.social 
Jadaliyya @jadaliyya.bsky.social Jadaliyya is an online publication. It features commentary in English, Arabic, & French by academics, activists, and artists from MENA.
Sarah El Deeb @seldeeb.bsky.social Investigative journalist, Associated Press; Beirut-Cairo. Two cats: Drake & Smudge.
Marwa Fatafta | مروة فطافطة @marwasf.bsky.social Palestinian feminist made in Saudi | MENA Policy and Advocacy Director @AccessNow
Hilal Chouman (هلال شومان) @hichouman.bsky.social 5 Ar novels: ma rawahu alnawm, napolitana (2010), Limbo Beirut (2012 - EN Trans. Sep 2016), Kana Ghadan (2016), Hozn Fee Qalby (2022). I always share ETAs.
Local Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉 @observer46664.bsky.social Free Palestine. No Zionists. No antisemitism. Millennial. Observer46664.86 on Signal, localobserver86 on Discord, and localobserver86 @ gmail. Not a serious or a professional account. She/her/hers
🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉
Al Jazeera Investigates @ajiunit.com Award-winning journalism from Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit. Got a story or tip for our team? Start here: http://aljazeera.com/tips
Hani Hassan @hanirh.bsky.social Disgruntled citizen - Living under a criminal regime of rampant impunity
Teaching philosophy, dabbling in literature & politics
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
Lina Mounzer @warghetti.bsky.social Writer, translator, Beiruter. Editor-in-Chief of The Markaz review.
Kareem Chehayeb @chehayebk.bsky.social Middle East reporter at The Associated Press, usually reporting on Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. kchehayeb@ap.org
Lara Bitar @larajbitar.bsky.social media worker & organizer
🗞️ founding editor of Beirut-based publication @thepublicsource.bsky.social
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مصدر عام | The Public Source @thepublicsource.bsky.social In-depth and uncompromising journalism in the public interest
إعلام مكرَّس لإنتاج صحافة معمّقة وغير مساوِمة لخدمة المصلحة العامّة
https://thepublicsource.org/
Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social Professor of Urban Studies & Politics, American University of Beirut
Co-Director, Beirut Urban Lab
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
Mat Nashed @matnashed.bsky.social Journalist for Al Jazeera English. Covering Sudan and Palestine.
Micha Tobia @michatobia.bsky.social Editorial Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social | Heart and mind in Beirut
Mohamad El Chamaa @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social reporter @WashingtonPost.com
📫 mohamad.elchamaa@washpost.com
https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/mohamad-el-chamaa/
Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social NYU journalism professor | Director, NYU Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies | Guardian US columnist | Former Middle East bureau chief, Newsday.
https://journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/profile/mohamad-bazzi/
Ahmad Baydoun @baydoun.nl Senior Investigator @cen4infores.bsky.social | PhD candidate at TUDelft: whitephosphorus.info | Portfolio: baydoun.nl | Amsterdam, Beirut
Amar Mustafa | امار مصطفى @amarmustafa.bsky.social Co-founder of @atharmagazine and @banatarchive | Historian | MA student at @MonashPolsIR | own views, RT & likes ≠ Endorse
Rania Abouzeid @raniaab.bsky.social Mideast-based journalist. Words @Newyorker @NatGeo + other mags. Ex @TIME. Fellow @Newamerica @DartCenter @ecfr Harvard @niemanfdn
Author x3: No Turning Back. Sisters of the War. The Cave🇦🇺🇱🇧🇳🇿
www.raniaabouzeid.com 
Mohanad Hage Ali @mohanad.bsky.social MENA politics
Ayman Mhanna @amhanna.bsky.social Samir Kassir Foundation director. College of Europe visiting professor. EYL40 member. Wine reviewer.
May Mroue-Adra @maymroueadra.bsky.social actor & theatre artist, applied theatre facilitator, university instructor, community project manager, & researcher. Lebanese in Lebanon. Oh & an intersectional feminist because all the -isms, -ias & patriarchy are ew. My 🐕 represents my mood. she/her
Marc Farra @marcfarra.bsky.social I write code and make hot sauce in Beirut.
Director of chess things at keshmat.org
Engineer at @developmentseed.org
Send me an interesting map or recipe!
Christophe Maroun 🐌 @chrismaroun.bsky.social Political Ecology, Agroecology, Food Sovereignty
From Beirut, Lebanon
Based in Montréal, Canada
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
✍️ http://hauntologies.net
3nkaboot @3nkaboot.bsky.social Sam ☘️
Nada K. Mousa 🇵🇸 @nadakabbary.bsky.social Fellow @mozilla @Arab Reform Initiative | Researcher in Techno-Politics
#FreePalestine
Azza @aemasri.bsky.social phd student & swana-focused human rights tech policy consulant | platform accountability, political economy of disinfo, WhatsApp, independent Arab media.
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 🕊️
Lobna Darwish @lobna.bsky.social 
VJ Um Amel (Laila Shereen Sakr) @vjumamel.bsky.social Socially conscious cyborg with a data body. Digital artist, author, programmer, and associate professor at UC Santa Barbara
https://vjumamel.com
linuxawy @linuxawy.org 
Hesham Sallam @wazirelkif.bsky.social Stanford, Jadaliyya, among others. Opinions are mine
Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social Sociologist of law and conflict. I write about torture, war crimes, military courts and occupations. Ask me about Guantánamo. 
Mohamed Tita @mtita.bsky.social 
@joelcampagna.bsky.social @joelcampagna.bsky.social 
Scott Long @scottlong1980.bsky.social He/him, they/them. Alien to myself. Human rights activist, queer rights troublemaker, founded Human Rights Watch LGBT Rights Program. Concerns include Palestine, MENA, E Europe, climate. My opinions are my own; but you can buy them at fire sale prices.
www.thesaci.org @thesaci.bsky.social Educators,IT professionals, artists, athletes, and activists united by common vision of transforming the lives of African children. This is a Campaign to make African Child the future of Technology. Combining technology, art & sports. www.thesaci.org
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/
nowhere 🏳️🌈 @nowhere.bsky.social ornamental hermit lesbian
wonk⬖ @wonk.bsky.social 【social media／streaming／gaming／overwatch／marvel rivals／music／philosophy／politics】・日本語を勉強中
https://twitch.tv/wonkttv
Mohamed Azazy @azazy.net I design and build digital products.
— contact@azazy.net- A @amr.bsky.social @amr.bsky.social
Masaar @masaar.net We resist for a free and open Internet.
Masaar.net
Faisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social House Arab
migrant academic in the low countries
Critical theory, cultural studies, still can’t call it west asia with a str8 face
He/they
views my own and not my employers
Mateus S. Borges @msborges.bsky.social PhDing at McMaster University
Anticolonial thought and praxis | Affective archives of resistance | Iran
All things political, academic, and cat memes
Mohamed Sayed @mosay.bsky.social https://tech-echo.com/
p(👻) @0x0.boo Security. People matter most.
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
Hossam Alsyyad @sayyad.bsky.social Egyptian freelance filmmaker , photographer , based in Marseille, and the best chef you'll ever meet .
Samar Elhussieny @selhussieny.bsky.social #HumanRights defender and researcher| Executive Director @egyptianhrforum.bsky.social Forum Prev| Associate manager @Sutherlandcorp | Master’s @unitartu |MENA coordinator| @CFWIJ |- 0 @0xa1ef.bsky.social @0xa1ef.bsky.social
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
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.
لينا الهذلول Lina Alhathloul @linaalhathloul.bsky.social 
Abdullah Alaoudh عبدالله العودة @aalodah.bsky.social عبدالله العودة
Senior Policy Advisor for the Gulf Issues at American Committee for Middle East Rights. Founding Member of the National Assembly Party
مستشار متقدم لسياسات الخليج في اللجنة الأمريكية لحقوق الشرق الأوسط وعضو مؤسس في حزب التجمع الوطني