Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social knows 1 thing or 2 about the Middle East. Was a crisis reporter, is a psychotherapist (in Fachausbildung unter Supervision)
will always be a political scientist.
focus on war, conflict, trauma, angst & panic.
European from Austria. Cat herder, dog mum.
Jacob Boswall @jboswall.bsky.social BBC journalist/analyst following security and conflict stories // aspiring beekeeper
Still also at https://x.com/Boswall_Jacob
Patrizia Laeri @patrizialaeri.bsky.social ✖️✖️ Financial Feminist.
📈Economist.
CEO of elleXX.com. Committed to change the face of the finance and media industry. #CloseTheGaps.
✍🏽Founder http://editathon.ch „more women for Wikipedia“
Calum MacKenzie @calummackenzie.bsky.social Korrespondent für Russland, Kaukasus, Zentralasien, Belarus bei Schweizer Radio SRF. Tbilissi/Moskau. Aberdeen FC
Dennis Frasch @dennisfrasch.bsky.social Ausland @NZZ am Sonntag | Freier Reporter
Yassin Musharbash @abususu.bsky.social Arabist, Journalist, Author.
Threema ID: EJJEXVPF
Andri Franziscus @afranziscus.bsky.social Journalist / Gastgeber „Controvers“ „50/50“
Mourad Teyeb @mouradteyeb.bsky.social Media professional, Researcher, Consultant.
Based in #Tunisia. I cover North #Africa.
Matthias Strasser @mstrasser.bsky.social Journalist | Inlandredaktor Radio SRF | Podcaster für #srfzeitblende | Fokus CH-/EU-Politik
Beat Matter @beatmatter.bsky.social Texte und Fotografie. Beides fliessend. www.beatmatter.ch
Matthias Daum @matthiasdaum.bsky.social Journalist. Leiter Schweizer Büro DIE ZEIT. Das Schweizer 1/3 im transalpinen Podcast "Servus. Grüezi. Hallo."
Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social Damascus-based New Yorker obsessed with Cape Breton (and Syria)
Author of This Week in Northern Syria newsletter, regular open sourced updates on northern Aleppo and SDF-controlled eastern Syria:
https://akmckeever.substack.com
@joudsally.bsky.social @joudsally.bsky.social 
Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social NYU journalism professor | Director, NYU Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies | Guardian US columnist | Former Middle East bureau chief, Newsday.
https://journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/profile/mohamad-bazzi/
Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social A Syrian investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker with 20+ years’ experience, founder of the Prisons Museum. director of Syria Mobile Film Festival (2013-2018).
https://amermatar.com
https://prisons.museum
https://linktr.ee/amer.mattr
Salome Müller @salomemueller.bsky.social Schweizer Büro @zeit.de
Diana B. Greenwald @dbgreenwald.bsky.social associate professor of political science @ city college of new york | your old millennial friend | local politics | palestine | states, nationalism, conflict | maps | music | chocolate | nut butters | canines and other creatures | will strive to listen
Sumita Pahwa @sumitapahwa.bsky.social Social scientist, Bombayite, Californian, ex-Cairene. Mango maven. Cat lady. Teaches at Scripps College. Deeply sourced expert in search of novel gustatory experiences. If you post/snipe, anonymously, expect to be blocked.
Lamis Abdelaaty @labdelaaty.bsky.social Assoc Prof of PoliSci • IR, Refugees • labdelaa.expressions.syr.edu • she/her • Views own, etc.
Mara Revkin @mararevkin.bsky.social Associate Professor of Law & Political Science @Duke. Conflict, migration, peacebuilding, transitional justice & humanitarian/development aid. Rhymes w/ @jonpetkun.bsky.social. Web: https://law.duke.edu/fac/revkin
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
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
Chris Blanchard @cmblanchard.bsky.social Citizen. MENA Analyst on a Hill. Objectively speaking. Views expressed are my own.
Bernhard Huwyler @bhuwyler.bsky.social Redaktor und Themenplaner Auslandredaktion SRF, Swiss TV. Space Nerd
Emran Feroz @emranferoz.bsky.social Austro-Afghan. Journalist. Author. Latest books: Vom Westen nichts Neues @chbeckliteratur. GRAVEYARD EMPIRE @interlinkbooks. Requests: emran_feroz@hotmail.com
Luzia Tschirky @luziatschirky.bsky.social Former Correspondent Swiss Public Broadcaster. 📺 Born and raised in the Alps. 🏔 Taking a break from covering post-soviet countries.
Sarah El Deeb @seldeeb.bsky.social Investigative journalist, Associated Press; Beirut-Cairo. Two cats: Drake & Smudge.
Abby Sewell @sewella.bsky.social News director for Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Turkey at the Associated Press. Contact asewell @ap.org
Bashar Deeb / بشار ديب @bdeeb.bsky.social Digital investigations @lhreports.bsky.social
Free Syria
He\him
Dennis Bühler @dbuehler.bsky.social Bundeshaus- + Medienredaktor @republik.ch, Mitglied des Schweizer Presserats, Medienethik-Dozent. Laut einem Branchenmagazin «dauernd besorgt um das Wohl der Welt».
Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover
Çağatay Cebe @cagataycebe.bsky.social Interested in Lebanon, Jihadi Movements and Security Affairs.
Alia Ibrahim @aliaibrahim.bsky.social Journalist, mother and experimental entrepreneur.
I co-founded Daraj, an independent media fully owned by journalists
Lara Bitar @larajbitar.bsky.social media worker & organizer
🗞️ founding editor of Beirut-based publication @thepublicsource.bsky.social
📃 Pitch me: http://thepublicsource.org/write
Mariam Kirollos @markir.bsky.social Researcher. Writer. Feminist. MENA+
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
Hala Gorani @halagorani.bsky.social NBC News International Correspondent. Former CNN. Author "But You Don't Look Arab."
Nicholas Danforth @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social 
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 🇪🇺.
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/
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
Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social Prof. of Anthropology and African Studies at UofT. Militarization of Borders, Land, Gulf Capital Accumulation, Sudan. Sudan Solidarity Collective. 🌺
Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com Remnants of a war Journalist | AKA Alexander Page | @CJFE Intl Press Freedom Award
Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social Researcher.
Polish voice on terror, conflicts, crime networks, Islamic State, al-Qaeda.
Now, also following Islamic State's plans in Africa. Politics in the Sahel.
Writing for hire. DM.
@saladinaldronni on X/Twitter
https://ko-fi.com/saladinaldronni
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
Laurent Goetschel @lgoetschel.bsky.social Political Scientist, #Peace Researcher, #University of Basel, swisspeace
Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social Global affairs columnist @NewYorker.com. Dad. Victoria concordia crescit.
Mohamad El Chamaa @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social reporter @WashingtonPost.com
📫 mohamad.elchamaa@washpost.com
https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/mohamad-el-chamaa/
Giannis Mavris @mavrisgiannis.bsky.social Journalist // 🇨🇭-Politik bei swissinfo.ch // (re)posts zu 🇬🇷, Südosteuropa, östl. Mittelmeer // de-ελ-en-fr
Christian Zeier @zeier.bsky.social Gründer & Investigativjournalist. Redaktionelle Leitung beim unabhängigen & investigativen Recherche-Team @reflekt_ch
, ➡️ hinweise@reflekt.ch
Daniel Binswanger @daniel-binswanger.bsky.social Gründer des Republik-Feuilletons, aktueller Co-Chefredakteur von @republik.ch , politischer Kolumnist
Samuel Burgener @samuelburgener.bsky.social Tagesleiter und Leiter Nachrichtenressort @NZZ. Journalismus / Politik / Literatur / Film / Sport
Thomas van Linge @thomasvlinge.bsky.social Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for the struggle for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation
Qusay Noor @qusaynoor.net ❤ A journalist from Syria ❤ 📸 In the ( @anadoluajansi ) And
(@newarab.com.web.brid.gy ) 📸 Member in ( IFJ ) ( SJA )
William Christou @willchristou.bsky.social Writing for the Guardian in Beirut.
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
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.
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.
Rania Abouzeid @raniaab.bsky.social Mideast-based journalist. Words @Newyorker @NatGeo + other mags. Ex @TIME. Fellow @Newamerica @DartCenter @ecfr Harvard @niemanfdn
Author x3: No Turning Back. Sisters of the War. The Cave🇦🇺🇱🇧🇳🇿
www.raniaabouzeid.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
Wim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social Environmental open-source investigations, tracking drone warfare, research based advocacy for PAX, contributer Bellingcat.
Katrin Eigendorf @katrineigendorf.bsky.social ZDF Senior International Correspondent / Here with my own perspective
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
Sarah Fluck @sarahfluck.bsky.social Africa Correspondent Swiss Public Radio SRF @srfnews.ch. MSc African Politics via @SOAS; BA Journalism via @IAM_Winterthur and @mazluzern. Web: sarahfluck.com
Julian Schmidli @julianschmidli.com 🕵️ Investigative Reporter at Swiss Public Broadcast SRF.
🔍 Data, OSINT, Privacy, Big Tech, Cyber, Surveillance Capitalism, Climate.
✉️ jnsmd@proton.me | signal: jnsmd.02 | Threema: MAW8N8JD
🌐 https://srf.ch/data
🌍 https://julianschmidli.com/en/ddj
Markus Ikehata @markus-ikehata.bsky.social Head of Visuals @NZZ
Graphics | OSINT | Data | Editorial Tech
👉 nzz.ch/visuals
| vorher: Head of Video & TV
| davor: @ZDF @heutejournal, @ZDFheute
Jens Hittrien @jenshittrien.bsky.social Criminologist independently observing Syrian conflict. Bridging between (open source) research, local reporting & journalism, flavoured with proper thoughts.
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
@charleslister1.bsky.social @charleslister1.bsky.social 
Levent Kemal @leventkemal.bsky.social Journalist - Analyst Conflict zones, terrorism, and security
Bylines at @MiddleEastEye @AJStudies @ActaFabulae
Circassian
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
Leila @leilashami.bsky.social Co-author of 'Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War'
Co-founder @fromtheperiphery.com & host of @syriapodcast.bsky.social
Blogs at: https://leilashami.wordpress.com/
Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social Freelance journalist & photojournalist covering Syria, the Middle East, and breaking global news.
Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/faredalmahlool
Nedal Al-Amari @nedalalamari.bsky.social Syrian political activist from #Daraa #Syria Freedom. Ya Hala 👋 8.12.2024
buymeacoffee.com/nedal
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
Intersectional Syria @intersectsyria.bsky.social Resources on Syria and intentional, attentive and intersectional solidarity from free Syrians with causes of liberation across the world.
Joyce Karam @joycekaram.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, AL-MONITOR | Professor, GWU
https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/china-middle-east-briefing-7305587918826319872/
Miriam Suter @miriamsuter.bsky.social Journalistin & Autorin
«Elaborate on that»
«No»
☁️
https://www.instagram.com/miriam_suter
Mathieu von Rohr @mathieuvonrohr.bsky.social Journalist @DerSPIEGEL • Ressortleiter Ausland • International Editor • 🇨🇭 in 🇩🇪
Daniel Foppa @dfoppa.bsky.social Stellvertretender Chefredaktor
NZZ am Sonntag • Zürich
danielfoppa.ch
Carolin Emcke @emcke.bsky.social Writer
Anna Jikhareva @annajik.bsky.social Reporterin @woz.ch
Carlos Hanimann @crlshnm.bsky.social 📝 reporter @republik.ch || 🎙️ podcast @diasboah https://diasboah.podigee.io || 📚 books https://echtzeit.ch/autor/carlos-hanimann || 📲 contact: https://www.republik.ch/~chanimann
Armin Wolf @arminwolf.at Politik, Medien & Sonstiges | Kein ORF-Account | Blog: arminwolf.at | Foto: Peter Rigaud
Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.myatproto.social @trustfnd.com cofounder and ceo • board @republik.ch • past: Twitter, FT, SRF, NZZ • he/him • 🏳️🌈🇨🇭🇪🇺🇱🇧 • Berlin • https://trustfnd.com
David Bauer @davidbauer.ch A curious generalist who loves making things.
👋 https://www.davidbauer.ch
📨 https://www.weeklyfilet.com
🧯 https://www.republik.ch/challenge-accepted
🕹️ https://www.youdontknowafrica.com
🤔 https://www.dataguessr.com
📚 https://www.davidbauer.ch/bookshelf
Boas Ruh @boas.bsky.social Swiss Journalist. DMs are open. (https://threema.id/648YN5X6)
Fabian Eberhard @fabianeberhard.com Investigative Reporter🇨🇭| Expert in Extremism | Journalist of the Year 23 | More: https://www.blick.ch/autoren/fabian-eberhard-id8495493.html?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share-button
Arthur Honegger @honegger.bsky.social It’s personal ▪️ Dad ▪️Journo ▪️Host▪️Author ▪️Longtime 🇺🇸 Correspondent ▪️Davos born, all downhill from there
Pascal Scheiber @pascalscheiber.bsky.social Reporter @blick.ch
Benja Zehr @benjazehr.ch Coderin bei "Daten und Visualisierung" @ZeitOnline – Paartherapeutin in spe
Daniel Faulhaber @danfaulhaber.bsky.social Journalist ✍️ Beobachter Magazin | Basel
Alexandra Stark @alexandrastark.bsky.social Journalismus x KI = ❤️ Mich interessiert, was Journalismus besser macht. Praktikerin, Expertin, Trainerin. Mitglied der Eidg. Medienkommission (CH). Meine Meinung. www.alexandrastark.ch
Nadja Schnetzler (she / they) @nadjaschnetzler.bsky.social 30 years of experience in facilitation, flow-collaboration, purpose and kanban. Founder of a few fun ventures. Fond of baroque music and pottery. Ace/Queer 🌈
Simon Huwiler @simonhuwiler.ch #ddj @visuals.nzz.ch
🔗 http://journalist.sh, http://uawardata.com, http://brokjson.dev, http://pharmagelder.ch
Yves Wegelin @yvesgwegelin.bsky.social Economics and Politics - journalist @Republik.ch, previously @woz.ch.
Nick Lüthi @nickluethi.bsky.social Medienjournalist @persoenlich.com