Oliver Mizzi @ollymizzi99.bsky.social Journalist at The New Arab covering the MENA. Sussex and St Andrews alum. Finally got round to substack writing here: https://substack.com/@ollymizzi99 
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
https://www.newarab.com/
BSonblast @bsonblast.bsky.social ✨Vintage ✨millenial | daily updates on the war in Sudan | #KeepEyesOnSudan | linktr.ee/BSonblast
Femena @femenanet.bsky.social Supporting #WHRDs women's organizations & #feminist movements in #SWANA Promoting progressive perspectives on #women #rights #peace & inclusion #MENA #Asia
Chatham House Middle East and North Africa @chmenap.bsky.social The Middle East and North Africa Programme @chathamhouse.bsky.social | A world-leading centre for analysis, policy research and debate on the MENA region.
🔗 kalam.chathamhouse.org
Leyla Doss @leyladoss.bsky.social Journalist, Podcast Producer & Co-founder of Mada Masr. I tell human stories on politics and foreign policy.
@mohanedelnour.bsky.social @mohanedelnour.bsky.social 
American Task Force on Lebanon @atflebanon.bsky.social Our mission is to strengthen the historic ties between the United States and Lebanon 🇺🇸🤝🇱🇧
Khalifa @khalifaetal.bsky.social 
Sahar Mechmech @saharmechmech.bsky.social MENA Tax Justice, Feminist Economics, and Climate Justice | Inclusive Economies manager at @timep.bsky.social
DrDrewMikhael @drdrewmikhael.bsky.social Practitioner, writer & commentator on conflict, displacement & peacebuilding.
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.
Mohamed El Baqer محمد الباقر @mohamedelbaqer.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer / Consultant
Baraa khurfan @baraakhurfan.bsky.social Researcher, Public Policy Analyst focus on Governance and Economics in Syria.
Former Non-Resident Fellow @timep.bsky.social
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.
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
Ayoub Menzli @ayoub-menzli.bsky.social Political Economist
PhD Scholar - Roma Tre
Muzan Alneel @muzanalneel.bsky.social 
Joey Shea @joeyshea.bsky.social Saudi Arabia and UAE Researcher @HRW • she/her
https://www.hrw.org/about/people/joey-shea
Mona Shtaya 🍉 @monashtaya.bsky.social Tech policy | Human being at large
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
Yezid Sayigh @yezidsayigh.bsky.social Senior Fellow @carnegiemec.bsky.social. Posting about #ArabMilitary political/economic roles, #CivilMilitary relations, #Middle East conflict. Views my own.
Nasser Weddady @weddady1.bsky.social Am myself. It's that simple.
Sultan AlQassemi @sultanalqassemi.bsky.social Art collector, educator, writer.
Mohamed Mandour @mandour.bsky.social Masters of Human Rights @Humphery School, University of Minnesota. MENA Researcher @Committee to Protect Journalists. #Press_Freedom, #Transnational_Repression, and #Tech_policy. Words are mine! 
Esfandyar Batmanghelidj @yarbatman.bsky.social I invest in developing economies and study how sanctions are reshaping West Asia and the world. CEO of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation. Adjunct Prof at Johns Hopkins SAIS.
Patrick Zaki @patrickzaki.bsky.social Human Rights Defender |
Minority Rights Researcher |
MA Gender Studies at unibo |
Phd scholar in scuola normale superiore|
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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
Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social Proud European 🇪🇺 Fellow at Stanford 👩🏼💻 column in FT 🗞️Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup
Gissou Nia @gissounia.bsky.social Lawyer specialized in international criminal and human rights law. Founder & director of @slpjustice.bsky.social.
HRW_AR @hrwarabic.bsky.social توفر هيومن رايتس ووتش معلومات موثقة عن أزمات وتطورات حقوق الإنسان في أكثر من 90 دولة حول العالم. الصفحة الرسمية باللغة العربية.
https://www.hrw.org/ar
Mina Thabet @minathabet.bsky.social HRD and writer. Expert on minorities issues and freedom of expression in the MENA region
Zeinobia @zeinobia.bsky.social Egyptian Blogger / Journalist / Photographer. Keybase:
@zeinobia
. Just another talkative Egyptian RT is not an Endorsement.- A @audreybolus.bsky.social @audreybolus.bsky.social
Micha Tobia @michatobia.bsky.social Editorial Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social | Heart and mind in Beirut
Lina Mounzer @warghetti.bsky.social Writer, translator, Beiruter. Editor-in-Chief of The Markaz review.
Bissan @bissan.bsky.social 
Marwa Fatafta | مروة فطافطة @marwasf.bsky.social Palestinian feminist made in Saudi | MENA Policy and Advocacy Director @AccessNow
Jeje Mohamed @jejem.bsky.social Holistic safety & security expert, press freedom, media risk advisor, HEFAT, physical, digital & psychological safety, advocate 4 all rights
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
Amro Ali @amroali.bsky.social Public Scholar | Sociologist | Middle East Analyst | UNESCO advisor for the Arab region. I explore fractured modernities of the Arab world & the Mediterranean. I write to reimagine. Alexandria-Berlin-Casablanca. www.amroali.com
Lobna Darwish @lobna.bsky.social 
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
لينا الهذلول Lina Alhathloul @linaalhathloul.bsky.social 
Michael Hanna @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org Director, U.S. Program, International Crisis Group; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Reiss Center on Law and Security, NYU School of Law
Shiyam Galyon @shiyam.bsky.social U.S. born and based writer. Will probably just be lurking on this platform.
Rima Sghaier ريما @rima.bsky.social No one is free when others are oppressed. Feminist killjoy, techno politics & social justice 👩🏻💻🧚🏻♀️✨
Layla Mashkoor @laylam.bsky.social Deputy Director of Research, @dfrlab.bsky.social.
Abir Ghattas @abirghattas.bsky.social CIO & Director of Information Security @HRW • Feminist • @abirghattas@infosec.exchange •
Mohammed Al-Maskati @mohdmaskati.bsky.social Digital Security Helpline Director at Access Now
https://www.accessnow.org/profile/mohammed/
Alex Gladstein @gladstein.bsky.social Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation
Author: Check Your Financial Privilege and Hidden Repression
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
Wasil Ali - واصل علي @wasilalitaha.bsky.social Formerly deputy editor in chief w/ @SudanTribune_EN @Axios contributor. Married 👫 Warning: I have very thick skin
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
Sarah Mohsen @sarah94.bsky.social Co-founder and researcher at masaar.net
Human rights, tech and a little bit of cinema and video games.
Mohammad El Taher @eltaher.xyz Co-founder @masaar.net .
Researcher and Technologist.
Blogger, Publisher of the CyberSurf newsletter & podcast host.
Believer in dignity for all.
https://eltaher.xyz
Naseem Tarawnah @tarawnah.bsky.social Writer, editor, researcher. Monitoring cybercrimes and free expression in MENA.
Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social Washington Post investigations reporter
Co-host of Schlock and Awe: https://schlockandawe.substack.com/
Executive Council, Washington-Baltimore News Guild
عمو حسام @barracks.substack.com In a dictatorship, independent journalism, by default, becomes a form of activism, and the spread of information is essentially an act of agitation.
My book: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3225-counterrevolution-in-egypt
Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
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
Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social Editor @insidereng, host @foreignoffpod, https://substack.com/@macspaunday, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror: http://goo.gl/Jb6uEA. Next book on the GRU for @vikingbooks. macspaunday@protonmail.com
Samira Shackle @samirashackle.bsky.social Freelance journalist (mostly for the Guardian Long Read) and author of Karachi Vice. I am also on Substack @samirashackle.
Ruth Michaelson @ruthmichaelson.com Observer Middle East correspondent based in Turkey.
Bylines @theobserveruk.bsky.social & seen in @theguardian.com, sometimes others.
ruth.michaelson@observer.co.uk
ruth.michaelson@guardian.co.uk
ruth@ruthmichaelson.com
www.ruthmichaelson.com
Liz Sly @lizsly.bsky.social Journalist. Ex-Washington Post Mideast bureau chief. Also based in China, Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq, India, Italy, US.
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
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
Mohamed El Dahshan @eldahshan.bsky.social Nicer in real life.
www.𓆲.com
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 🕊️
Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social Human Rights Lawyer | Executive Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social 
Kareem Chehayeb @chehayebk.bsky.social Middle East reporter at The Associated Press, usually reporting on Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. kchehayeb@ap.org
SMEX @smex.org SMEX is a nonprofit dedicated to safeguarding human rights in digital spaces across West Asia and North Africa.
Human Rights Watch @hrw.org 🔎 🌎 ✊
Exposing human rights abuses around the world.
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
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