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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social I cover DHS and immigration policy for the New York Times
LA Times, BuzzFeed News, SF Chronicle alum
Nancy Youssef @nancyayoussef.bsky.social Journalist. Egyptian-American. And according to one reliable source, "a much better stepmom than Cinderella’s.” http://WSJ.com #autismstepmom
Maria Tadeo @mariatad.bsky.social Head of EU News @euronews
Martin Konečný @martinkonecny.bsky.social Running EuMEP (European Middle East Project) in Brussels, promoting just & fact-based EU policy on Israel/Palestine. www.eumep.org
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
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Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social Senior reporter at Euronews covering EU politics. Lover of cinema, sushi and synonyms. Brussels resident since 2018. All views my own! 🦄
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona @uab.cat La presència de la #UAB en aquesta xarxa no pressuposa compartir la línia editorial ni d'altres continguts.
Volem transferir el coneixement científic generat a la universitat, combatre la desinformació i fomentar l'ús del català.
Candace Lukasik @clukasik.bsky.social Yang Visiting Scholar in World Christianity at Harvard Divinity School
Author of “Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire” (2025)
www.candacelukasik.com
Miray Philips - ميراي فيلبس @mirayphilips.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto
I study transnational religion, memory, rights & violence in the Middle East and its diasporas
📸 "our demise doesn't have to be like this"
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Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social Political columnist and editor MS NOW.
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I.B. Tauris (former imprint of Bloomsbury) @ibtauris.bsky.social All new Middle East Studies books now branded Bloomsbury Academic
Follow @bloomsburypol.bsky.social for updates on all new Politics & Area Studies books, incl. Middle East
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Ahmed Aboulenein @aaboulenein.bsky.social Covering U.S. health & pharma policy in DC for @Reuters.com. Previously based in Iraq, Egypt. He/him. #COYS. Tips: ahmed.aboulenein@tr.com http://SeeDisclaimer.com
Issandr Amrani @arabist.net I write about politics, geopolitics, technology and culture, with particular focus on MENA. Recovering journalist and OG blogger at arabist.net; formerly at
@open-society.bsky.social and @crisisgroup.org. Usual caveats apply.
The Debate - France 24 @f24debate.france24.com Monday - Thursday, 7:10pm CET 🇫🇷 on @en.france24.com and f24.my/live.bs
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Leonie Reese @aleonier.bsky.social foreign affairs and feminism.
Noor H @noor-ham.bsky.social International Human Rights Lawyer
Advocacy Counsel at @theicar.bsky.social 
Ahmed Attallah @ahmedattalla.bsky.social Executive Director of the Egyptian Front for Human Rights & MA student in EU Studies at UCLouvain
Jasmine Crockett @jasmineforus.bsky.social Candidate for US Senate | Congresswoman #TX30 | Civil Rights & Criminal Attorney | Progressive | Fmr. St. Rep. HD100 | DST 1913 🐘🔥| She/Her/Ella | #TEXASTOUGH
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social Executive Director, Middle East Research and Information Project (www.merip.org | @merip.bsky.social). Adjuncting at Rowan University. Historian interested in Turkey, Prodigal Son of Philadelphia. Usual caveats.
Andrew Feinberg @andrewfeinberg.com White House correspondent for @theindependent.bsky.social and human slave to a corgi named Ginger. Tell me secrets: andrew.feinberg(at) the-independent.com or protonmail.com
Bretton Woods Project @brettonwoodsproject.org We scrutinise and influence the World Bank and the IMF, with a focus on the environment, gender equality, democratic governance and financialisation.
Check our website: https://www.brettonwoodsproject.org
Tirana Hassan @tiranahassan.bsky.social Humanitarian.Human Rights. Purveyor of Good Trouble
Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social Political correspondent @zeteo.com
Any tips or info you’d like to share?
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Wassim Al-Adel @wassimthedream.bsky.social British-Syrian writer of cheap novelettes. Runs on hummus & coffee. Used to write as @Maysaloon in a previous life (www.maysaloon.org). Published politics articles under pseudonyms with The Times & The Guardian.
Author Site: http://www.al-adel.co.uk
Alicia Medina @aliciamedina.bsky.social Journalist. Managing editor of The Syria Report. 
Leslie Piquemal @lesliepiquemal.bsky.social European advocacy lead at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
CNN @cnn.com Asking the hard questions and bringing unique perspectives from across the globe. This is CNN.
Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social Based in Washington DC, we lead Oxfam's work on International Financial Institutions, especially the World Bank and IMF. 
Tahar 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇺🇳 🇪🇺 @rochaa.bsky.social 
Max Gallien @maxgallien.bsky.social Political Economy, Development, Informality, Tax, North Africa. Author, "Smugglers and States" (Columbia 2024). Research Fellow
IDS and ICTD. 💚🐧
Eduard Cousin @eduardcousin.bsky.social Journalist with focus on Arab world, including Palestine for @therightsforum.bsky.social. Previously lived in Cairo, now Netherlands. Author of two books on Egypt ('Nu de wereld niet meer kijkt' en 'Alexandrië').
Hussein Baoumi @husseinbaoumi.bsky.social All things #MENA & #EU relations.
#EU advocacy officer @amnesty.org in #Brussels
Annalena Baerbock @albaerbock.bsky.social Archiv-Account. Bluesky Account von Außenministerin a. D.
Annalena Baerbock
Jean-Noël Barrot @jnbarrot.bsky.social Ministre de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères 🇫🇷
Camille Lons @camillelons.bsky.social Deputy Head Paris office and Policy fellow @ecfr #MiddleEast geoeconomics, #Gulf, #China-MENA, #RedSea. Ex-@IISS_org
(usual caveats) camille.lons@ecfr.eu
Kehinde Togun @katogun.bsky.social I think a lot about the African continent and I collab with some excellent folks on human rights & democracy stuff.
Claudio Francavilla @claudiofrancavilla.bsky.social Associate EU Director at @hrw.org
Posts about #EU foreign policy on #HumanRights, mainly #MiddleEast, #Asia, #EUtrade, #UN #HRC
Slowly transitioning here from an irredeemably ruined Twitter. Usual caveats
Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social United Nations Humanitarian Chief.
Ex Principal, Hertford College, Oxford; Ambassador, No 10, NYU Prof.
Diplomat, writer, educator, humanitarian.
Matthias Sailer @drmsailer.bsky.social Past:
Senior foreign policy advisor @Die_Gruenen / @nouripour /
@SWP_MEA / Egypt correspondent DW.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov Former public defender, now U.S. Congresswoman, proudly serving the good people of Texas’ 30th Congressional District. ✊🏾 
Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rim-sarah.eurosky.social Ph.D. in Public Law | Researcher in Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Human Rights, Religious Freedom & Civil Liberties in France, Europe, & North America | Open Science| Opinions my own | Team Chocolatine.
Angela Ziccardi @angelaziccardi.bsky.social @ecfr.eu / @ecfrrome.bsky.social 🇮🇹🇪🇺 | Foreign policy / MENA region & Med / Migration / Energy
Based in Rome, before in 🇹🇷&🇹🇳
Sarah A. Topol @satopol.bsky.social staff writer @theatlantic.com
Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio.bsky.social Vice president, Middle East Institute Switzerland, Executive-in-Residence GCSP - security governance #Libya #Tunisia #Morocco #Algeria #MENA #Ukraine #Eurasia - usual caveats
Graeme Smith @graemesmithauthor.bsky.social Senior Analyst, International Crisis Group
Alessandro Accorsi @aleaccorsi.bsky.social Researcher Technology and Conflict | Previously @crisisgroup.org Stratcom EEAS, Middle Eastern and investigative journalist | @cityjournalism alumni
Khalil Sayegh @khalilsayegh.bsky.social Political analyst | Palestinian politics |Israeli-Palestinian conflict | Co-founder & President of Agora (ἀγορά) Initiative
Kristian Ulrichsen @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. My work focuses on the study of the history, political economy, and international relations of the Gulf States.
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/
Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social Chartbook Substack https://adamtooze.substack.com/
OnesandTooze podcast https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ones-and-tooze/
C******* University historian, Director European Institute, Chair Cttee on Global Thought.
Economics, history, theory, politi
Sahar Mechmech @saharmechmech.bsky.social MENA Tax Justice, Feminist Economics, and Climate Justice | Inclusive Economies manager at @timep.bsky.social
Celine Alkhaldi سيلين الخالدي @celinealkhaldi.bsky.social Middle East Producer @skynews. Previously @cnn
Order from Ashes @orderfromashes.bsky.social International policy that's independent, critical, and progressive.
Ali Shihabi علي الشهابي @alishihabi.bsky.social Writing about the Politics and Economics of Saudi Arabia
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)
BSonblast @bsonblast.bsky.social ✨Vintage ✨millenial | daily updates on the war in Sudan | #KeepEyesOnSudan | linktr.ee/BSonblast
Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com Remnants of a war Journalist | AKA Alexander Page | @CJFE Intl Press Freedom Award
Muzan Alneel @muzanalneel.bsky.social 
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
Kassem Mnejja @kassemmnejja.bsky.social Advocating for digital rights across MENA and beyond with Access Now. Nonresident Fellow at @timep.bsky.social, focusing on digital rights and cyberspace in the MENA region.
Baraa khurfan @baraakhurfan.bsky.social Researcher, Public Policy Analyst focus on Governance and Economics in Syria.
Former Non-Resident Fellow @timep.bsky.social
Mohamed El Baqer محمد الباقر @mohamedelbaqer.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer / Consultant
Halem Henish @halemhenish.bsky.social 
Ibrahim Ezz El-Din @ezz-eldin.bsky.social Urban researcher, founder of Diwan Al-Omran for Urban Studies, and a student at Sorbonne University.
DrDrewMikhael @drdrewmikhael.bsky.social Practitioner, writer & commentator on conflict, displacement & peacebuilding.
Kristen McTighe @kristenmctighe.bsky.social Recovering foreign correspondent. Previously in Cairo, Istanbul, Tunis, Madrid & Paris. 2x cancer survivor🎗️
Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social Professor at ICREA, ICTA, and the Department of Political Science & Public Law at UAB • Author of THE DIVIDE and LESS IS MORE • Global inequality, political economy and ecological economics
Ayoub Menzli @ayoub-menzli.bsky.social Political Economist
PhD Scholar - Roma Tre
Ned Howey @nedhowey.bsky.social Cofounder/CEO of Tectonica
Queer. Immigrant. Joyful loudmouth.
Author of "The Age of Junk Politics"
Download here: https://www.tectonica.co/age_of_junk_politics_book
Social movements, democracy, progressive politics, tech, transformational practice
Gönül Tol @gonultol.bsky.social Director of Middle East Institute's Turkish Program / Author of Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria.
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
Natasha Hall @natashahall.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Former mediator, humanitarian, government official
All views my own
#Conflict #Regimesurvival #Environment #Governance
Adam Baron @adammbaron.bsky.social Former niche social media personality. Baltimorean. Calabrese. Aspiring gadfly.
Future Security Program Fellow, @newamerica.org; Advisor on Yemen and the Gulf, @hdcentre.org; obituary writer, British-Yemeni Society Journal.
Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social Editorials, columns, guest op-eds: we have them all here at the Washington Post! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/
Eduard Soler i Lecha @solerlecha.bsky.social Researching, teaching & training. Geopolitics, Foresight, Foreign Poliy, MENA & Turkey. Back at @UABBarcelona
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
Amira Howeidy @amirahoweidy.bsky.social Journalist صحفية
mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social Palestinian poet from Gaza. Author of Forest of Noise & Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear.
Tsjebbe @tsjebbe.bsky.social 
Mariam Kirollos @markir.bsky.social Researcher. Writer. Feminist. MENA+
Danny Hajjar @dannyghajjar.bsky.social 🇱🇧
Journalist covering Arabic music
Co-host of the Shik Shak Shook Ones podcast
Bylines: NYTimes, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Spin, NPR, The Grammys, Billboard Arabia, GQ Middle East
https://www.dannyhajjar.com
Nagla Rizk @naglarzk.bsky.social Econ Prof, American University in Cairo, Founding Director, Access to Knowledge for Development A2K4D, MENA Observatory for Responsible #AI, #digital_economy #gender #gig_work #data #Feminist #AI #innovation #inclusion Egypt, Middle East, Africa
Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social she/her feminist author
Books: The seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
(And others)
Newsletter https://www.feministgiant.com/
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
Dr. Ilyas Saliba @isaliba.bsky.social Research, Advice & Teaching on:
HumanRights | Authoritarianism | Fieldwork | AcademicFreedom | CivicSpace | WANA
👨🏾💻: UniErfurt | GPPi | CARPO | HertieSchool
✊🏾: KriSol | WissDem | BRISMES | DAVO | SAR
Web: www.ilyassaliba.com
ORCID: 0000-0001-5769-7601
Sanam Shantyaei @sanam-s.bsky.social • Int’l Affairs | Comms & Media Specialist | U.N.
• Ex-Senior Journalist: France 24, Reuters & AFP
• Past lives: 🇫🇷, 🇮🇷, 🇨🇺, 🇮🇹 & 🇬🇧
• Currently: 🇦🇹🇺🇳
Bassam Al Kantar @balkantar.bsky.social Experienced Legal Researcher specializing in International Crimes and Human Rights Documentation
William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social Professor and filmmaker. Wrote 'An Unlikely Audience: Al Jazeera's Struggle in America.' #footie #afc
ECFR @ecfr.eu European Council on Foreign Relations: the only pan-European think-tank. We foster coalitions for change and promote debate on Europe's global role.
Hamidreza Azizi @hamidrezaaz.bsky.social Senior Iran Analyst at the International Crisis Group
http://linkedin.com/in/hamidreza-azizi-fp
Haizam Amirah Fernández @haizamamirah.bsky.social Director ejecutivo del Centro de Estudios Árabes Contemporáneos (CEARC)
www.cearc.net
Arturo Varvelli @arturovarvelli.bsky.social Head Rome Office and Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations - ECFR
ECFR MENA @ecfrmena.bsky.social Middle East and North Africa Programme @ecfr.eu
https://ecfr.eu/privacy/#social-media-profiles 
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/