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Sofian Philip Naceur @sofiannaceur.bsky.social Journalist, currently Tunis/Rome, working on 🇪🇬🇩🇿🇹🇳🇵🇸 border regimes, migration, arms trade
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Tareq @teraqerat.bsky.social Research on Protests & Authoritarianism in Asia | Center for Conflict Studies Marburg | Coordinator BMBF project @postcolh.bsky.social | Principal Investigator DFG project @afpro.bsky.social
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Christoph Becker @chwb.bsky.social Journalist (Sportredaktion F.A.Z./F.A.S./FAZ.NET).
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No one here is alone/satellites in every home.
Felix Kolbitz @fkolbitz.bsky.social Islamabad, Pakistan;
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Florian Weigand @weigand.bsky.social Co-Director, Centre on Armed Groups I Research Associate, LSE & IHEID I ✏️📚: Waiting for Dignity (http://bit.ly/3DY2QhB) I Conflict & Transnational Crime I Handbook of Smuggling
Hager Ali @hagerali.bsky.social Researcher & PhD at GIGA Hamburg, Policy Advisor, Journalist. Civil-Military Relations, Authoritarianism, MENA, Sudan. Editor of #AutocraciesWithAdjectives at ECPR's Political Science Blog "The Loop". Alumna at CEU and Goethe Uni. Admin of Comparativesky
Johannes Hillje @jhillje.bsky.social Politik- & Kommunikationsberater. Autor u.a. “Mehr Emotionen wagen", "Propaganda 4.0". Kolumnist. Wahlkampfmanager a.D. LSE Alumnus. Dr. rer. pol.
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dunja hayali @dunjahayali.de journalistin. news-anchor. dog-lover. surfer 🤙🏽 she/her. my page, my mind, my opinion, my view. this account is not related to zdf.
Natalie Amiri @natalieamiri.bsky.social Int. Correspondent - 2015-20 Iran/Tehran ARD @DasErste German Television bureau chief - Anchorwoman @Weltspiegel_ARD, Autorin: "Zwischen den Welten"
Sune Engel Rasmussen @suneengel.bsky.social Security correspondent for WSJ and author of "Twenty Years: Hope, War and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation". Eyes on war, the Arctic, organized crime and terror. He/him.
Wasil Ali - واصل علي @wasilalitaha.bsky.social Formerly deputy editor in chief w/ @SudanTribune_EN @Axios contributor. Married 👫 Warning: I have very thick skin
Dr. Ilyas Saliba @isaliba.bsky.social Research, Advice & Teaching on:
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Reinhard Schulze @reinhardschulze.bsky.social Seit langem mit der Islam- und der Nahostwissenschaft verbunden, engagiert in gesellschafts-, religions- und wissenschaftspolitischen Fragen | RT ≠ endorsement
Bastian Obermayer @bastianobermayer.bsky.social journalist / received #panamapapers & #strachevideo with @frederikobermaier.com / #pulitzer prize / @derspiegel / @ZDF / @derstandardat / board @FbdnStories/ member of @icij.bsky.social / & @papertrailmedia.bsky.social (www.papertrailmedia.de)
Sarah Mersch @sarah81m.bsky.social Tunis-based freelance correspondent for German language media & journalism trainer; Kefteji-lover; RT # endorsement, ♡ = bookmark, opinions my own etc
Louis Fishman لوي فيشمان לואי פישמן @istanbultelaviv.bsky.social Associate Prof Brooklyn College; Jews and Palestinians in the late Ottoman era: Turkish, Israeli/Palestinian affairs; working on a book focusing on a post-Oct 7 historical narrative of Palestine/Israel. Haaretz and more; Website: https://louisfishman.com/
Transaidency e.V. @transaidency.bsky.social 
Eckart Woertz @eckartwoertz.bsky.social Director GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies, professor at University of Hamburg
Matthias Sailer @drmsailer.bsky.social Past:
Senior foreign policy advisor @Die_Gruenen / @nouripour /
@SWP_MEA / Egypt correspondent DW.
René Wildangel @realwildangel.bsky.social History PhD, EU-MENA, Human Rights, Writer, former Adjunct lecturer http://ihu.edu.gr - former head Böll-Foundation
Palestine/Jordan, alumni ECFR, GMF, ZEIT Bucerius. Back in Berlin from Thessaloniki.
Markus Bickel @bickel.bsky.social Middle East • Defence • Diplomacy
Head of Security Desk @table.media
Based in 🇧🇦🇱🇧🇪🇬🇮🇱 since 9/11, now Berlin
Journalist
Inga Kristina Trauthig @ingakris.bsky.social Research prof at Florida International University
Focus on cybersecurity and national security
PhD from King's College London
Previous Longhorn 🤘
Uğur Ümit Üngör @uungor.bsky.social Professor of Genocide Studies @ NIOD Institute & University of Amsterdam. Research on mass violence, Middle East. Books: 'The Making of Modern Turkey' (2011), 'Genocide' (2016), 'Paramilitarism' (2020), 'Syrian Gulag' (2023), and 'Assad's Militias' (2026).
Hanna Notte @hannanotte.bsky.social Russia | Director for Eurasia @JamesMartinCNS | Snr Associate @csiserep | Fellow @kennaninstitute | Book: WE SHALL OUTLAST THEM | http://hannanotte.com | Berlin-based
Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social Visual Investigations at The New York Times
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
Jules El-Khatib @jukhatib.bsky.social Aktiv für Menschenrechte, Hochschuldozent, freier Autor insbesondere zu Palästina und Israel
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
Dr Cinzia Bianco @cinziabianco.bsky.social Analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations on the Arabian Peninsula/ Gulf and relations with Europe. 
Mat Nashed @matnashed.bsky.social Journalist for Al Jazeera English. Covering Sudan and Palestine.
Marie-Christine Heinze @marieheinze.bsky.social Co-founder and President of CARPO - Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient | All things #Yemen | #FirstGen | RTs = interesting!
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Simon Engelkes @englks.bsky.social Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Ramallah // previously Middle East Desk
Hussein Ibish @ibishblog.bsky.social Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute (AGSI), weekly columnist for The National, and writer and speaker at large. Former Bloomberg columnist and New York Times regular contributor, now writing a lot for The Atlantic.
Jakob Hensing @jhensing.bsky.social Head of Political Economy @ Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin. Mainly working on economic statecraft and critical technologies.
Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social Professor of Urban Studies & Politics, American University of Beirut
Co-Director, Beirut Urban Lab
Carnegie Middle East Center @carnegiemec.bsky.social Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center provides informed policy research & analysis on the challenges facing the Middle East & North Africa. RT≠endorsement
Steffen Hagemann @steffenhagemann.bsky.social political scientist @rptu_kl_de | ex Head of Office at Heinrich Böll Stiftung Tel Aviv - Israel | Private Twitter Account | RTs not endors | views my own
Meron Mendel @meronmendel.bsky.social Prof. Frankfurt University Applied Sciences, Direktor BS Anne Frank, Kolumne „Muslimisch-jüdisches Abendbrot“ http://www.faz.net/abendbrot, Autor "Über Israel reden" 
Wolfram Lacher @wlacher.bsky.social Political scientist with a longstanding interest in violent conflict, Libya and the Sahel. Author, Libya's Fragmentation; co-editor, Violence and Social Transformation in Libya. Views my own.
https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/researcher/wolfram-lacher
Bruno Schmidt-Feuerheerd @brunofeuerheerd.bsky.social JRF in politics at Magdalen College, Oxford. PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge.
Saudi Arabia, Middle East politics & computational social science
The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social Unfiltered journalism from the Middle East and North Africa, and beyond.
Pitch to submissions@newarab.com / investigative leads to thenewarab@tutanota.com
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Mohammed Soliman @soliman.bsky.social Tech & Geopolitics & Business & EMEA. Director, Middle East Institute. Fellow @ FPRI & Third Way & Trilateral Commission. Charts & Maps. Book: West Asia (10/2025)- M Mairav Zonszein @mairavz.bsky.social Journalist
Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
Hanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein.bsky.social Journalist & Autor. Op-Eds bei Guardian, Investigatives bei Intercept, Freitag, FR etc. | Podcast: Nullpunkt | Substack: www.hannohauenstein.substack.com
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
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
Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com Researcher and analyst looking at Lebanon, Syria and the wider neighborhood. Century International Fellow. Former Crisis Group. "Jamajem" means ☠️.
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Iyad El-Baghdadi @iyadelbaghdadi.bsky.social Palestinian 🇵🇸🇳🇴
Research Lead Kawaakibi Foundation
KULNA coming soon @kulna.bsky.social
Author: "The Middle East Crisis Factory".
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Michael Horowitz @michaelhorowitz.bsky.social Geopolitical and security analyst, Views are my own.
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
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Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social 🔍 Persian Gulf and its Discontents
Khaleeji - خليجية
Kareem Chehayeb @chehayebk.bsky.social Middle East reporter at The Associated Press, usually reporting on Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. kchehayeb@ap.org
Wael Eskandar @weskandar.bsky.social A writer of sorts
Gawhary @gawhary.bsky.social Freier Nahost-Korrespondent, abendländischer Orientale und orientalischer Abendländer
Kairo - Wien - Berlin
Florian Guckelsberger @flogu.de Freelance Reporter | Feature & Investigation I Southeastbound | Aims to complicate things I Say hi: http://flogu.de/kontakt
Moritz Rohde @morroh.bsky.social For a peaceful, inclusive and just political transition @Syria Peace Initiative (SPI) | peace & conflict: stabilization and peacebuilding; negotiation, mediation, dialogue | shares/likes ≠ endorsement | Beirut, Damascus, Istanbul | priv account
Yossi Bartal @yossibartal.bsky.social Journalist- writing for The Diasporist, taz, nd, Freitag, analyse & kritik
Sohanur Rahman @sohanyn.bsky.social Climate Advocate 
Kai Schwertner @kaischwertner.bsky.social 
Megatrends Afrika @megatrends-afrika.de Research and policy advice on the effects of megatrends in Africa. We are a joint project by Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Kiel Institute).
Vivien Götz @dieschreiberin.bsky.social Datenjournalismus, OSINT & (Außen)Politik @SZ | vorher frei u.a. für Tagesspiegel & Spiegel | #top30bis30mm 2024 https://www.sueddeutsche.de/autoren/vivien-goetz-1.5883517
William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
Hüseyin Çiçek @hcicek.bsky.social Priv.-Doz. in Political & Religious Studies | Visiting Prof @SFU | Senior Research Fellow @UniWien | Senior Fellow @CASSIS_Bonn | Former Fellow @aia_nrw | Former Lecturer @UniFAU | Researching Alevism, Turkey, Terrorism, Geopolitics & Extremism
Joseph Croitoru @jocroitoru.bsky.social Journalist, Historian
Die Hisbollah 2025 tinyurl.com/2we8fby3
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Al-Aqsa oder Tempelberg 2021 http://bit.ly/3ihbjUk
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Ori Goldberg @origoldberg.bsky.social I am an Israeli. That means all sorts of things now. I write about the genocide, about politics and also, one hopes, about other things some day.
+972 Magazine @972mag.com Independent news and analysis from Israel-Palestine, home to Palestinian and Israeli journalists committed to equity, justice, and freedom of information.
Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir @mjaramillojassir.bsky.social Progresista
Oren Ziv @orenziv.bsky.social 
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Sudha David-Wilp @sdavidwilp.bsky.social NYBerlinDC, soccer mom, political junkie, sweet tooth.
Matthäus Wehowski @mwehowski.bsky.social Historiker / research fellow (Ph.D). Hannh-Arendt Institut für Totalitarismusforschung. Schwerpunkt Polen, Sowjetunion/Russland, Ukraine. Mikroblogs zu Osteuropa. Verbringe meine Freizeit mit Büchern.
Kareem Rifai @kareemrifai.bsky.social anti-authoritarian advocate | syrian-circassian | currently aei and georgetown m.a. in security studies | alum umich | all opinions my own
Jacob Magid @jacobmagid.bsky.social US Bureau Chief at The Times of Israel
Mohanad Hage Ali @mohanad.bsky.social MENA politics
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Issam Kayssi @issamkayssi.bsky.social Beirut-based research analyst. Views own.
Ali Al-Sakani @alisakani.bsky.social Yemeni journalist 
Nedal Al-Amari @nedalalamari.bsky.social Syrian political activist from #Daraa #Syria Freedom. Ya Hala 👋 8.12.2024
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Professor Simon Chadwick @professorchadwick.bsky.social Professor of Afro-Eurasian Sport
https://substack.com/@geosport200
Bosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social Obsessive ship-spotting by the Bosphorus -.-. .-. .. -- . .- / .. ... / ..- -.- .-. .- .. -. . 50501
Erdal Yalcin @erdalyalcin.bsky.social Professor of International Economics
TradePolicy, EU, MNEs, WTO, Sanctions, FTA
https://sites.google.com/view/erdalyalcin/home
Vera Mironova @mironovavera.bsky.social Author of “From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists. Human Resources of Non State Armed Groups”(OUP). Affiliations @Harvard @MiddleEastInst and @ForeignPolicy.
Jim Zogby @jjz1600.bsky.social http://jameszogby.com; & http://zogbyresearchservices.com; Jackson ‘84 & ‘88 alum; Sanders ‘16 & ‘20 alum; founder Arab American Institute (aaiusa.org)
Temur Umarov @tumarov.bsky.social Fellow at @carnegieendowment.org I write about Central Asia for @ceip-politika.bsky.social
https://carnegieendowment.org/people/temur-umarov?lang=en¢er=russia-eurasia
Dimitar Bechev @dimitarbechev.bsky.social Director of the Dahrendorf Programme
St Antony's College, Oxford and Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe
Author: Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe and Turkey under Erdoğan (Yale)
Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association @amejaglobal.bsky.social Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association is an organization for media professionals of Arab and Middle Eastern descent. Become a member! http://ameja.org
Tuvia Gering 陶文亚 @geringtuvia.bsky.social Planet Nine Digital Intelligence Team | Discourse Power on Substack | Non-resident Fellow at the INSS and the Atlantic Council Global China Hub | China-Israel; China-Middle East/West Asia | Tikvah's Krauthammer Alum
Moritz Rudolf @moritzrudolf.bsky.social China Fellow - European Commission - DG IDEA
Research Scholar & Fellow @YaleLawSch - Paul Tsai China Center (on leave)
China Analyst, Lawyer, Dr. iur.
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