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! 🦄
Faisal Abdullah Abualhassan | فيصل عبدالله أبوالحسن @faisal-abu.bsky.social Historian of empire, slavery and descent in the desert world.
PhD, Johns Hopkins (2026)
Mondes désertiques - Sahara et Arabie
مؤرخ الرِّق والنسب في العالم الصحاري من أفريقيا إلى الجزيرة العربية
Riyad(h) | الرياض
Bill Law @billlaw49.bsky.social Editor ArabDigest.org and host of the weekly Arab Digest podcast. Ex-BBC Gulf and Middle East analyst.Retweets are not endorsements
Resistance Studies Series @resistanceschool.bsky.social Register for Race, Media and International Affairs 101!
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Hamid Khalafallah @hamidmkk.bsky.social Sudani | Pan-Africanist | Researcher and Policy Analyst | PhD(ing) grassroots movements and political transitions
markhleonard.bsky.social @markhleonard.bsky.social Director of @ecfr.eu; Presenter 'Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes' apple.co/2ACObcj; Columnist; Speaker; Author 'The Age of Unpeace', 'What Does China Think?", "Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail" (forthcoming in April)
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Erik Meyersson @meyersson.bsky.social Chief Emerging Markets Strategist at SEB. Macro, markets, and geopolitics. Personal account, views are my own.
Maddalena Procopio @madprocopio.bsky.social 
Sascha Simon @saschasimon.bsky.social Security & Defence Analyst | drones, emerging/disruptive tech & foresight | formerly 🇪🇺 EUISS & EDA, NATO Innovation Hub & 🇩🇪 MFA.
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Hanan Salah @hanansalah.bsky.social Associate Middle East and North Africa Director, Human Rights Watch
"Turn the Volume Up."
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Grace Sharp @gracesharpp.bsky.social Features Editor @DisruptionBanking & @MRKT3.0. Writing about AI, power, and where money actually flows in tech.
Always keen to meet more founders, professionals, and interesting people building in AI and tech.
Philip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social Uncovering Russian crimes in Africa; One World Media International Journalist of the Year 2023; Jaime Brunet International Prize 2022; Please donate to uncover Russian atrocities: https://www.gofundme.com/f/philip-obaji-uncover-russian-atrocities-africa
Vali Nasr @valinasr.bsky.social Professor Johns Hopkins-SAIS, Fr Sr Advisor, State Dept, author of Iran's Grand Strategy https://a.co/d/egLBCgz
Shoshana Fine @shoshana-fine.bsky.social Associate Professor @EspolLille Fellow @ICMigrations working on migration, security, borders and the politics of international law
DrDrewMikhael @drdrewmikhael.bsky.social Practitioner, writer & commentator on conflict, displacement & peacebuilding.
Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social Passionately Egalitarian. Professor, University of Maryland; Director, Critical Issues Poll; NR Senior Fellow, Brookings. Views are my Own. RT≠Endorsement
Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com
World Inequality Lab @wid.world Illuminating the debate through data-driven research #inequalitydata✨
Hosting the World Inequality Database🌐 https://wid.world/
https://inequalitylab.world/en/
Dr. Matt Herbert @drherbert.bsky.social Global Thematic Lead on Human Smuggling and Head of Research for North Africa and the Sahel at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
@ibnkafka.bsky.social @ibnkafka.bsky.social Raja, Lens, Hammarby, Liverpool, Union Saint-Gilloise, Livorno, St. Pauli in no particular order. Law, politics and similar delusions. Skriver för sällan på svenska.
Gordon Gray @ambgordongray.bsky.social Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. Former career diplomat. RPCV Morocco. Re-posts ≠ endorsements.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social Speak truth to power
Ahmed Gatnash @gatnash.com Executive Director at @kawaakibi.org Anti-authoritarianism, new paradigms and institution-building.
Author of' The Middle East Crisis Factory': menacrisisfactory.com
Lou Calvey @loucalvey.bsky.social Asylum Rights Campaigning. Migrant & Human Rights advocacy. She/Her 🏳🌈 🧡
Irene Fernández-Molina @irenefmolina.bsky.social Senior lecturer International Relations, University of Exeter | IR Global South, foreign policy, conflicts, international recognition, norms and practices, Maghreb, EU-MENA | Views mine
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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
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Manuel Lafont Rapnouil @mlafontrapnouil.bsky.social 🇱🇻🇫🇷 Ambassadeur en Lettonie @francediplo / Vēstnieks Latvijā @francijalatvija / Ambassador to Latvia.
Ex-@ECFRParis & @CSIS
Personal account, usual caveats
@yarkot.bsky.social @yarkot.bsky.social 
BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social I am warning you with peace and love
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social
Author How to be a Patriot https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/how-to-be-a-patriot-why-love-of-country-can-end-our-very-british-culture-war-sunder-katwala?variant=40518936559694
Evertonian
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.
Taisa Sganzerla @taisasganzerla.bsky.social Editor at ecfr.eu, previously Global Press Journal, @globalvoices.org, The Cambodia Daily, Estadão. From 🇧🇷, living in 🇵🇱, before in 🇩🇪🇪🇸🇬🇧🇰🇭, ❤️ in 🇯🇵🇵🇭, solidarity with 🇺🇦🇵🇸. She/her- S Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social Ketcham Chair in Middle East Studies, Prof. of Gov, Smith College; Nonresident Senior Fellow CMEP, Brookings. Former VP, Center for Applied Research on Conflict, USIP.
https://smith.academia.edu/StevenHeydemann
Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social Global climate justice reporter
@DrilledMedia.bsky.com
Before: Guardian, Independent
Author: Who killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads & an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet
Contributor: Gaza. The story of a genocide
Ex-mental health nurse.
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
InfoMigrants @infomigrants.net #InfoMigrants offers verified news and information about asylum and migration to Europe. Available in English, Arabic, French, Dari, Pashto and Bengali.
🌍 infomigrants.net/en/
@fr.infomigrants.net @ar.infomigrants.net
Adel Ourabah @adelourabah.bsky.social PhD Research Associate @KASpoldimed #Politics #Security in North Africa.
Transaidency e.V. @transaidency.bsky.social 
Ahlam Chemlali @ahlamchemlali.bsky.social Co-Director & Postdoctoral Fellow | Migration, violence and confinement between North Africa and the Mediterranean borderlands
Zack Kopplin @zackkopplin.bsky.social Investigative journalist @OCCRP.org
ZackKopplin@Protonmail.com, Zachary.Kopplin@occrp.org Signal: +1-225-715-5946 (Opinions my own)
Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social Director @fairsq.bsky.social
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social PBS Newshour Special Correspondent traversing the wider Middle East & Africa. Ex-TheEconomist. Mother of hounds, proud daughter of immigrants.
leilamolanaallen.com
Tobias Gehrke @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social Geoeconomics and economic security at European Council on Foreign Relations | PhD
Daniel Keohane @keohanedan.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer in International Relations at Dublin City University (DCU) - mostly focused on European security, national strategic cultures in Europe (i.e. France, Germany, UK), European military cooperation, EU, NATO, US strategy
Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin.bsky.social Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham”
jihadology.net
jihadologyplus.com
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
Mary Fitzgerald @maryfitzger.bsky.social Researching Libya and wider Mediterranean.
www.mary-fitzgerald.com
Mary Fitzgerald @maryftz.bsky.social ‘Does the woman reviewing the newspapers own a hairbrush?'
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi @ajaltamimi.bsky.social Translator and historian working with a variety of languages (Arabic, English, Latin, Spanish, Old English, German among others).
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.
Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social Editorial Director and Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (@ecfr.eu)
https://ecfr.eu/
Sahar Mechmech @saharmechmech.bsky.social MENA Tax Justice, Feminist Economics, and Climate Justice | Inclusive Economies manager at @timep.bsky.social
Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR, contributor to Zeteo. New comic book series: NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC, from Boom! Studios. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com
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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social Chief football writer at the Independent. Author of 'States of Play'
Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social Political correspondent @zeteo.com
Any tips or info you’d like to share?
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Prem@zeteonews.com
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD @ox.ac.uk. Teaches at @SciencesPo.bsky.social. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social Syria, Middle East politics, and Mediterranean security at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Associate fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). Occasional freelance writer.
Mohamed Dhia Hammami @meddhiah.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Political Science at Maxwell School, Syracuse University | Wesleyan Alumn | Mixed Methods, MENA Politics
🖥️ mohameddhiahammami.com
Karishma Patel @karishmapatel.bsky.social Journalist | Prev: BBC Newsreader & Middle East Journalist | ‘Cultures of London’ (Bloomsbury 2024) | MPhil (Cambridge Uni) | Rep: Peters Fraser + Dunlop | Views my own.
Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social Assistant Prof at UChicago | Sociologist | Columnist @Inthesetimesmag.bsky.social | Co-author of revolutionary sci-fi novel: Everything for Everyone | Subject of documentary film "Coming Around"
DAWN @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social Founded by Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, DAWN works to reform U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa, hold abusers accountable & magnify the voices of experts/activists from the region. dawnmena.org
Omar H. Rahman @omarrahman.bsky.social Analyst, writer, editor. Mideast politics, US foreign policy. Fellow at ME Council. Editor of Afkār. Former Brookings, Baker Institute, AGSIW. Columbia Journalism alum.
Sami Hamdi - سامي الهاشمي الحامدي @salhachimi.bsky.social MD @ intlinterest.com. Publicly a commentator on MENA while privately advising companies on how politics affects them.
إعلامي بقناة المستقلة 
Faris Al-Sulayman @faris-als.bsky.social Work on political economy and energy transition at the LSE. Cofounder @ Haala Energy. Into ancient history ,space ,soul music
itamilradar @itamilradar.com Beyond the track
🌐 www.itamilradar.com
Tsedenya Girmay @tinnaa180.bsky.social 🇪🇹
GUQ | ME Council
All things migration | HoA
Benjamin Roger @benjaminroger.bsky.social Journaliste @lemonde.fr - Service Afrique @lemondeafrique.bsky.social
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
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
IrpiMedia @irpimedia.eu IrpiMedia is the newsroom of Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI)
Adam Casals @adamcasals.bsky.social 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇪🇸🇦🇹 CEO, Senior Global Affairs & Strategy Advisor, Int’l Columnist, Author. Former Reg Gov Envoy to Austria & Central Europe.
👉 Europe, Complexity, Geopolitics, Defence.
🌍 VIE • GVA • MAD • BCN
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Ali Alaspli علي العسلبي @aliaspli.com @lcw.ngo Director
#HumanRights #Justice #Accountability #Libya
𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧
aliaspli.com
Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com Radically collaborative journalism. Working with the world’s leading media on deeply reported, public interest investigations. http://bit.ly/LHR-newsletter
Raafat Belkhair @raafatbelkhair.bsky.social Journalist | MultiMedia Reporter @alhurranews covering #Libya| interested. Ex @BBCArabic , @BBCMediaAction. Husband & Father -Views are my own
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
jürgen schurr @juergenschurr.bsky.social director of programmes @libyanjustice.bsky.social
Bassam Khawaja @khawaja.bsky.social Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa, @HRW.org
Senior Fellow, Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School
Counsel to Human Rights & Privatization Project, NYU Law
Asma Khalifa @asmakhalifa.bsky.social Forest dweller. Co-Founder: KhalifaIhler.org. Doctoral Researcher @GIGA. Associate Fellow @Chatham House MENA.
Bjørn Ihler @bjornih.bsky.social Building a threat intelligence company in the depths of the Nordic forest - www.Revontulet.co. Primarily operating in 🇬🇧🇳🇴🇸🇪
Hussein Baoumi @husseinbaoumi.bsky.social All things #MENA & #EU relations.
#EU advocacy officer @amnesty.org in #Brussels
Andreas Schueller @schueller.bsky.social European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) - Program Co-Director International Crimes and Accountability
Célia Belin @celiabelin.bsky.social Head of @ECFRParis & @ecfr Senior Policy Fellow.
Autrice "Des démocrates en Amérique" (Fayard 2020)
Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom.bsky.social Middle East correspondent at The Economist.
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
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
SJ in Libya @sj-in-ly.bsky.social Working for a better future . Human right for all , not just the elite ! Proud wife of Jamal Tonali who was martyred in the battle for Sirte 8/10/2011 🇱🇾 fighting against injustice.
Shariff Tabba @occulus5.bsky.social 
Ulf Laessing @ulflaessing.bsky.social Head of Sahel Programme at Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation in Bamako; previously 13 years for Reuters in Mideast/Africa; Author of Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi; personal account
maurice stierl @mauricestierl.bsky.social Researcher at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, Osnabrück University. Still convinced his football career is around the corner.
Hugh Lovatt @hlovatt.bsky.social Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations.
Middle East analysis and European foreign policy, with focus on Israel/Palestine and Western Sahara. Mountain runner. Usual caveats.
Mourad Teyeb @mouradteyeb.bsky.social Media professional, Researcher, Consultant.
Based in #Tunisia. I cover North #Africa.
@jose-sabadell.bsky.social @jose-sabadell.bsky.social