Barbara A Leaf @safiraleaf.bsky.social
Ana Diamond @anadiamond.bsky.social Alistair Horne Visiting Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford.
Currently writing a book about women's rights, wrongs, and histories for Canongate (UK) and Simon & Schuster (US).
Roba El Husseini ربى @robahus.bsky.social AFP Baghdad deputy bureau chief
Former Syria /Lebanon correspondent- in love with Syria
Yale World Fellow
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.
Qusay Noor @qusaynoor.net ❤ A journalist from Syria ❤ 📸 In the ( @anadoluajansi ) And
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aljumhuriya.net @aljumhuriya.bsky.social Independent analysis, commentary, and reporting on #Syria and beyond. Founded in 2012 by Syrian writers and academics.
The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org A human rights organization that supports Syria’s heroes in their struggle for freedom, justice and democracy
🔗 linktr.ee/thesyriacampaign
Donncha Ó Cearbhaill @donncha.is Head of Security Lab - Amnesty International
Hunting spyware and unlawful surveillance targeting activists and civil society.
For help with digital forensics or suspect spyware threats contact: https://securitylab.amnesty.org/get-help/
Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com Remnants of a war Journalist | AKA Alexander Page | @CJFE Intl Press Freedom Award
Leena @leenashm.bsky.social Sudani 🇸🇩| social sciences nerd ✨geography✨ all about #resistance
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Tagreed Abdin @taggysudan.bsky.social 🇸🇩
Architect. Mother. Refugee.
#Sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan #ILoveSudan
Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social Prof. of Anthropology and African Studies at UofT. Militarization of Borders, Land, Gulf Capital Accumulation, Sudan. Sudan Solidarity Collective. 🌺
Rebecca Glade @rmglade.bsky.social Historian of protest, political claim making, and state crackdowns. Student of Sudans and Horn of Africa. Visiting Researcher at Makerere University. New Orleanian.
MODATHIR @modathir.bsky.social *insert cute bio*
Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social screenwriter + novelist
newsletter yassmin.substack.com. @yassmin_a on most other socials
Sai @sighahh.bsky.social african • sudanese from abyei 🇸🇸 • follow @RefugeesinLibya • donate to sudan 🇸🇩 http://savingalginina.org & https://sudansolidarity.com & nuba https://reframe.network/donate-now.php?rlo=753
gh*ida @thismaybeghaida.bsky.social free sudan 🇸🇩
Liberation for all 🇸🇩🇵🇸🇭🇹🇨🇩🍁
Murtaza (he/him) #FreePalestine #KeepEyesOnSudan 🍉🌺 @covetscoffee.bsky.social Husband. Immigrant. He/Him. Loves food. Hates racists. Tweets mine. All mine. Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine! Unless you wanna share. Always happy to share.
Salma - #KeepEyesOnSudan @mysticsalma.bsky.social Linktr.ee/StandWithSudan
Moose - #KeepEyesOnSudan @thesupergoat.bsky.social 🐐 Sudani nerdin over TTRPGs, Poetry & tryin to find the perf Shawerma sandwich! Sir Up Ton on @unprepcasters | Co-Host of @NerdCheckPod | He/Him #KeepEyesOnSudan
RaZaN @razzzan.bsky.social #keepeyesonsudan
🇸🇩 in 📌 Triangle, NC
🖱️Techie in Architecture📐
🌍💻 Aspiring Digital Nomad w/📷
BSonblast @bsonblast.bsky.social ✨Vintage ✨millenial | daily updates on the war in Sudan | #KeepEyesOnSudan | linktr.ee/BSonblast
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
Syria Notes @syrianotes.org Informing UK policy debates on Syria. Focused on human rights and accountability.
Web: https://www.syrianotes.org/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/SyriaNotes/
YouTube: http://youtube.com/@syrianotes5908
@joudsally.bsky.social @joudsally.bsky.social
Amund Bakke Foss @amundbakkefoss.bsky.social Foreign News reporter, Verdens Gang. Based in Oslo.
Helen Wieffering @helenwieffering.bsky.social I'm a reporter for the Associated Press based in Washington, DC, covering oceans, shipping, fisheries through an investigative lens
tips or ideas? hwieffering@ap.org
(I'm still getting set up over here)
Hélène Sallon @helenesallon.bsky.social Correspondante Moyen-Orient pour @lemondefr / Middle East correspondent for Le Monde. Focus on Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Aya Nassar @ayanassar.bsky.social
Marwa Shalaby @shalaby12.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I study authoritarian legislatures and gender politics in autocracies
Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social Academic/Author: Democratisation vs Democracy http://t.ly/XhGT; The Arab Uprisings http://t.ly/XWoZ
Assoc. Editor, Middle East Critique https://t.ly/Uln0t
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
Maged Mandour @magedmandour.bsky.social An Egyptian who writes about Egypt , among other things. Author Egypt under El-Sisi, now available.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/egypt-under-elsisi-9780755649136/
Anne Kirstine Rønn @annekirstineronn.bsky.social 💼 Assistant Professor at Political Science, Aarhus University
🔍 International Relations | Middle East | social movements | sectarianism | labour | diaspora | focus on 🇱🇧, 🇮🇶 and 🇪🇺.
Josh Stacher @stacher.bsky.social Professor of International Studies, Yogi (not in that order).
Bassel Salloukh @bassel26.bsky.social Associate Dean SOSH, Professor & Chair, Politics & IR Program, DI, Editor-in-Chief MELG, & untutorable critic of all things Lebanese: Ubi libertas, ibi patria
Hana Attia @hanaattia.bsky.social Junior Professor of Security Policy and Peace at Leuphana University & Research Fellow at GIGA. Interested in how states and IOs respond to global security challenges. Focus on the use of economic coercion & sanctions
Regine Schwab @reginesonja.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher at Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF). Studying civil wars, non-state armed groups and wartime institutions. Interested in Middle Eastern Politics and Societies.
https://www.regineschwab.org/
Mariam Salehi @mariamsalehi.bsky.social Researching transnational conflicts, violence, struggles for justice, change, knowledge politics at INTERACT | FU Berlin | Book: https://tinyurl.com/yckxdh62 | she/her
Bassam Haddad @4bassam.bsky.social Co-Founder/Editor, Jadaliyya.com, ArabStudiesInstitute.org, Founding Director, GMU Middle East & Islamic Studies
Sharan Grewal @sharangrewal.bsky.social Associate Professor at American University
Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings
Me: https://sharangrewal.com/
My book: https://www.amazon.com/Soldiers-Democracy-Military-Legacies-Spring/dp/0198873514/
Nicholas Danforth @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social
Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social Head (CATS/SWPBerlin & CATS Network), Co-Head of the Autocratisation Thematic Group @SWP. Views personal. Writes in EN/TR
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
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
Rana B. Khoury @rbkhoury.bsky.social assistant prof of political science at Illinois researching wartime activism, displacement, humanitarianism, and all things Syria. mama to the greatest second grader. www.ranakhoury.com
Sara Salem @sarasalem.bsky.social assoc professor at LSE // thinking about anticolonial + socialist archives // anticolonial afterlives in egypt (cambridge university press) // ⚽️ obsessed // she/her
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
Sherif Mansour @sherifmnsour.bsky.social Co-founder, Janoub Group.
Host of Janoub Podcast.
Peace and Democracy advocate. Middle East & foreign policy expert. Ex @bravenewfilms.bsky.social
Ex @pressfreedom.bsky.social & Ex @freedomhouse.bsky.social
Site: https://www.sherif-mansour.com
Hala Gorani @halagorani.bsky.social NBC News International Correspondent. Former CNN. Author "But You Don't Look Arab."
Nataliya Vasilyeva @nataliyavasilyeva.bsky.social Freelance reporter @nytimes.com Past: Jerusalem and Moscow, ex-Telegraph, AP survivor. Shortlisted for 2024 UK Press Awards Foreign Correspondent of the Year.
Diana Moukalled @dianamoukalled.bsky.social Journalist
Abbie Cheeseman @cheesemanab.bsky.social Middle East for @washingtonpost.com in Beirut. Before: 2024 Stern fellow in DC, freelance Mid East corro/investigative reporter. Previous life at @airwars.bsky.social. Not the one on TikTok. | Signal: abbiecheeseman.58
Monkey @slm.bsky.social The serious account is moodsalem@bsky.social, this is where I am combative and shitposty. promise you Humor, News, Commentary, Culture, Fashion, Memes, and no BS political opinions.
Syria Justice and Accountability Centre @sjac-info.bsky.social SJAC is a Syrian organization documenting violations and promoting accountability and justice efforts in Syria.
Contact us at: info@syriaaccountabilty.org
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Cecília do Lago @ceciliadolago.bsky.social Tropical geek & hobbit
🇧🇷 data journalist | #rstats #rspatial #ddj #data | 🎲 📊 🗺️
I cover democracy, corruption, environmental crime and inequality.
📍São Paulo / Brasília
🏆2023 SEJ & OPC |🥈Pulitzer finalist
https://linktr.ee/ceciliadolago
Rui Barros @handle.invalid Portuguese data journalist publico.pt. | #ddj #svelte #rstats
📍 Braga
📸 @photons.ruibarros.me
💻 ruibarros.me
📮 rui.barros@publico.pt
🤖 @manchetes.pt
Jasper Bunskoek @jasperbunskoek.bsky.social Data and investigative journalist RTL Nieuws
The Center for a New American Security @cnas.bsky.social The Center for a New American Security develops strong, pragmatic, and principled national security and defense policies. Join us: cnas.org/join.
Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social Worked over 2 decades with Human Rights Watch & International Crisis Group. Subscribe to my free newsletter, "International Affairs for Normal People": https://www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/
Other links: https://linktr.ee/andrewstroehlein
Mariam Kirollos @markir.bsky.social Researcher. Writer. Feminist. MENA+
Amélie David @amelied.bsky.social Freelance journalist in Beirut.
Joey Shea @joeyshea.bsky.social Saudi Arabia and UAE Researcher @HRW • she/her
https://www.hrw.org/about/people/joey-shea
Lara Bitar @larajbitar.bsky.social media worker & organizer
🗞️ founding editor of Beirut-based publication @thepublicsource.bsky.social
📃 Pitch me: http://thepublicsource.org/write
Asteris Masouras @asteris.bsky.social Freelance journo/global newsfilter; Global Voices, ex-reported.ly; human rights, film/games/scifi geek. Social justice/stay human.
Same handle on Twitter, Mastodon, UpScrolled.
Sarah Carr @sarahmcarr.bsky.social
@meestarelias.bsky.social @meestarelias.bsky.social
Mohamad Najem @monajem.bsky.social Tech & human rights in the MENA region. Director of SMEX
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
Ankit Bhandari @anku.bsky.social soft dev • into science & astronomy
📍Nepal
ankit404.com.np
Amir Beshay @amirbeshay.bsky.social Egyptian-American, New Yorker, political nerd, former Christian, comms guy, aspiring writer. Views do not reflect those of my employer. (he/him)
https://open.substack.com/pub/amirbeshay
Alia Ibrahim @aliaibrahim.bsky.social Journalist, mother and experimental entrepreneur.
I co-founded Daraj, an independent media fully owned by journalists
Kareem Fahim @kareemf.bsky.social Middle East reporter
Joseph El-Khoury @jekpsych.bsky.social MD,MSc,FRCPsych
CEO & Co-Founder The Valens Clinic Dubai
General Psychiatry l Addiction l Conflict Medicine | Geopsychiatry 🇱🇧 🇬🇧 🇦🇪
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Çağatay Cebe @cagataycebe.bsky.social Interested in Lebanon, Jihadi Movements and Security Affairs.
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social Global Affairs Correspondent for Axios. CNN analyst. Washington correspondent for Walla. Author of Trump's Peace
CNN @cnn.com Asking the hard questions and bringing unique perspectives from across the globe. This is CNN.
New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social An award-winning magazine for the best writing from around the world. Longform essays and informative analysis run daily.
http://lnk.bio/newlinesmag
The Intercept @theintercept.com Fearless, adversarial journalism. Join our newsletter to get our best investigative reporting delivered to you: https://theintercept.com/newsletter/
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- N @naderdurgham.bsky.social @naderdurgham.bsky.social
paulbyrneAP @paulbyrneap.bsky.social Seanchaí for The AP – @asssociatedpress Deputy News Director & Video Chief for Latin America. Father of 2. Based in Asunción/Buenos Aires/Eire
@charleslister1.bsky.social @charleslister1.bsky.social
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/
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.
Jerome Drevon @jeromed.bsky.social Associate at Graduate Institute Geneva. Interested in armed groups. Books on Jihad in Egypt and Syria (openaccess). Last book on HTS's rise to power in Syria, Transformed by the People
David Wells @davidwellsct.bsky.social Global security consultant focused on terrorism, counter-terrorism & new technology (particularly AI): Former head of research & analysis at UN CTED: Ex UK/Aus intelligence
Bruce Hoffman @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social I have been studying terrorism & insurgency for 50 years and am a senior fellow @CFR.org. My own opinions. Re-postings are not necessarily endorsements.
Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social The New York Times national security and legal reporter. Not the Welsh footballer, Roddy Doyle character or 19th Century adventurer in Fiji.
Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org Editor in Chief, @lawfaremedia.org
Senior Fellow, Brookings
Author, #DogShirtDaily
Host, #DogShirtTV
Purveyor of mischief.
Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide.
Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social contributing editor at Wired // contributing writer at NYT opinion // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social Writing about law and democracy at The Atlantic, previously Lawfare. Not a lawyer. It's KWIN-ta.
Signal: qjurecic.32