Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social Accountability Architect💡
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Kyle Olson @kyle-g-olson.bsky.social Archaeologist and historian. Focus on: US-Iran relations through archaeology, labor history in the heritage sector, and the archaeological in contemporary art. Also dance. Speak: 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 🇷🇺 & learning: 🇹🇷 
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom.bsky.social Middle East correspondent at The Economist.
Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social Freelance journalist & photojournalist covering Syria, the Middle East, and breaking global news.
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Contemporary Levant @contemplevant.bsky.social A journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant @cbrl.bsky.social; https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ycol20. Looking for archaeology? That’ll be our sister journal, @levant-journal.bsky.social
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
Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social Author. Find me on Substack at https://glennkessler.substack.com/
Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net For 20 years, Mondoweiss has covered the powers that sustain Israeli apartheid – and how people resist it, from Palestine to the U.S.
Banner: Palestinian children with a donkey cart on the beach in Gaza before the Israeli genocide.
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Digest of Middle East Studies @domesjournal.bsky.social A peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to publishing original research on domestic and international policy issues in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. 
Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social Your eye on the ground. Independent Middle East and North Africa news. https://middleeasteye.net
Unofficial account. Automated post via RSS.
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social Theatre actor, bookstore connoisseur, autumn enthusiast, cat rescuer, educator, explorer of cobblestone streets, and defender of the Oxford comma.
Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social https://buymeacoffee.com/jayinkyiv
Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social Professor of Global Politics @UCL. Author of “Fluke." Writer @TheAtlantic. Host, Power Corrupts podcast. The Garden of Forking Paths Substack.
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 
Kareem Chehayeb @chehayebk.bsky.social Middle East reporter at The Associated Press, usually reporting on Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. kchehayeb@ap.org
Thomas van Linge @thomasvlinge.bsky.social Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for the struggle for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation
Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social Ukraine correspondent. British-Lebanese conflict journalist & filmmaker. Director of The Battle For Kyiv. Interested in human rights. RTs ≠ endorsement.
https://ko-fi.com/ozkaterji
@charleslister1.bsky.social @charleslister1.bsky.social 
John Marquee @johnmarquee.bsky.social Observer. OSINT/IMINT. Geolocation. GIS. Usual caveats.
Levent Kemal @leventkemal.bsky.social Journalist - Analyst Conflict zones, terrorism, and security
Bylines at @MiddleEastEye @AJStudies @ActaFabulae
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Emma Beals @ejbeals.bsky.social Constructive disrupter. Working on: the crisis in peace/conflict, disrupting aid, democracy/human rights, systems change and the mess we’re in. Former: Syria. Do: research, analysis, policy, piloting. Affiliations: EIP, MEI. Opinions my own. EmmaBeals.com
Leila Nachawati @leilana.bsky.social Spanish-Syrian writer and researcher, devoted to social justice. I teach at Carlos III University. #CeasefireNow
Syria Notes @syrianotes.org Informing UK policy debates on Syria. Focused on human rights and accountability.
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Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social Resources on Syria and intentional, attentive and intersectional solidarity from free Syrians with causes of liberation across the world.
Yazan Badran @yazanbadran.bsky.social Assistant professor, media, journalism, politics, Syria/MENA/SWANA at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. ECHO/SCOM/FWO
I call Latakia, Nagoya and Brussels home.
https://researchportal.vub.be/en/persons/yazan-badran
saeed @doughdiggy.bsky.social just lurkin around the middle east, tech, and other things
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
Rasmus Elling @rasmuselling.bsky.social Associate Prof, Head of Middle East Studies, Uni of Copenhagen // Iran, History, Sociology // Views my own // English, Danish, Persian 
Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social Laurentian Associate Professor of History, St. Lawrence University.
Non-resident scholar, Stockholm University, Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS)
Focused on Turkey and the Middle East.
Unlikely to argue on-line. Blocks dumb, annoying, or noisy.
Rida Abu Rass @aburass.bsky.social Political scientist based in Canada | Palestinian, Israeli and Middle East politics | social movements, nationalism, ethnicity and race | He/him.
ridaaburass.com
Yara M. Asi @yara-asi.bsky.social Asst Prof, global health. My book "How War Kills": http://tinyurl.com/How-War-Kills
https://yara-asi.com
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Fellow, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)
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Jared Malsin @jmalsin.bsky.social WSJ journalist based in Istanbul. Former Middle East bureau chief for TIME. Turning and turning in the widening gyre.
https://www.wsj.com/news/author/jared-malsin
M. Christopher Low @mchrislow.bsky.social Middle East and Environmental Historian | Director, Middle East Center, University of Utah | Author: Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj | Desalination and Climate | Views are my own
https://history.utah.edu/faculty/chris-low.php
Barry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social Journalist and commentator. Past: EP The Stream / Digital Editor Al Jazeera English / Reuters in Africa and Middle East. Jackeen.
Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social Senior Research Analyst @PRAEyesRight. I write and train on antisemitism, white Christian nationalism, the MAGA Right, Israel/Palestine, Christian Zionism. Co-author Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism. benlorber.com
Emily Milliken @emilymprzy.bsky.social Analyst on Yemen/Gulf/ISIS/Libya. Working @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social on the N7 Initiative. Shares ≠ endorsement
Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social Academic. Writing/complaining mostly about women’s inequality in the Middle East, especially in Saudi Arabia!
Matt Grisafi @mattgrisafi.com Driving impact for publishers and platforms. www.novafox.co
Kim Fox @itskimfox.bsky.social I like solving interesting problems with mission-driven people | Now: on sabbatical ⏱️ @hearst @calmatters @inquirer @bloomberg @cbsnews @cbcnews
Nancy Yang @nyang.bsky.social Senior editor for audience engagement at @startribune.com. Nap advocate. Send me your k-drama recs. Always looking for spicy food. She/her.
Alex Sanz @alexsanz.bsky.social Alex Sanz is the managing editor of @cbsatlanta.bsky.social. He is on the Board of Governors of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and a mentor at Military Veterans in Journalism.
Warwick Sabin @warwicksabin.bsky.social President and CEO of @deepsouthtoday.org, which includes @mississippitoday.org and @veritenews.org.
Kelsey Proud @kelseyproud.bsky.social Listening. Interested. Senior leadership & learning strategist. Clarity, coaching, content, comms. Previously @journalists.org and local journalism in STL and D.C. Let’s work: kelsey.proud@gmail.com.
Rubina Fillion @rubinafillion.nytimes.com Working on A.I. Initiatives @nytimes; formerly @WSJ, @theintercept, @columbiajournalism; avid consumer of coffee and novels
Alex Mahadevan @alexmahadevan.com Director of MediaWise and faculty doing AI, media literacy and OSINT stuff @poynterinstitute.bsky.social | alexmahadevan.com
Adam Schweigert @aschweig.bsky.social Just a kid from Akron. Banjo player. Dog person.
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Mike Janssen @mjanssen.bsky.social Editor @current.org, banjo noodler, on guitar at the dad jams. I like to make cocktails, coffee, pizza, faces. W-A-S-H-I-N-G, T-O-N, baby, D-C
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Lainna Fader @lainna.bsky.social Politics, labor, art, graffiti, and dogs
Work: newsletter strategy at Forbes
Mayra Báez @mayrabaez.bsky.social Social media, audience, and more at @pulitzercenter.org | #Heartfulness meditation trainer
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
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Victor Shi @victorshi.bsky.social Now: Comms strategist. Writer. Head talks. Fmr: Mayor of LA. Harris-Walz; Host, iGen Politics, DNC, SKDK, White House, campaigns. Chicagoan. UCLA alum
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
@wolfgabe.bsky.social @wolfgabe.bsky.social Just your typical video game loving geek/Walmart employee who also happens to be a big MST3K fan.
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social Founder and Executive Director @protectdemocracy.org. Former Associate White House Counsel. Tweets my own.
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, serial entrepreneur, and host of the Prof G and Pivot Podcasts.
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com Founder-Owner of @weareravenous.com
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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social Reporter for Drop Site News, co-host of Counter Points
Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.
ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com Senior editor at The American Prospect, cohost and producer of the @leftanchor.bsky.social podcast https://www.patreon.com/leftanchor
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
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