@rezahakbari.bsky.social

Dr. Rachel Schine

@rachelschine.bsky.social

Picks books up and puts them down. Will work 4 ليمون نعناع. Professes Arabic and History @ UMD Hears selectively. Reads voraciously.

PT Klein

@ptklein.com

Film historian and cultural critic. Movie theaters, cinema spaces, and filmgoing cultures. Radically optimistic. Writing at www.howtoreadmovies.com, Metro Weekly, Film Atlas, and elsewhere. Cohost @ColdWarCinema.com. He/Him/His.

Chris Osieck

@chrisosieck.bsky.social

I digitally investigate stuff, somehow my findings travel from spreadsheets to international media and research collectives; views are my own.

Karl Galle

@karlgalle.bsky.social

Historian of science, mostly medieval to early modern astronomy & mathematical arts. Things German, Polish, Egyptian, or hey that looks interesting. Ex public policy + occasional tuba. Copernicus book in progress. Don't get long covid, it sucks.

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.

Lior Sternfeld

@liorsternfeld.bsky.social

Historian of modern Iran, Jewish communities of the Middle East.

Sherene Seikaly

@srseikaly.bsky.social

Historian. Editor, Journal of Palestine Studies, Jadaliyya

Mira Al Hussein

@miraalhussein.bsky.social

🔍 Persian Gulf and its Discontents Khaleeji - خليجية

Howard Eissenstat

@heissenstat.bsky.social

Laurentian Associate Professor of History, St. Lawrence University. Non-resident scholar, Stockholm University, Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS) Focused on Turkey and the Middle East. Unlikely to argue on-line. Blocks dumb, annoying, or noisy.

Robert Mackey

@robertmackey.bsky.social

Report + edit @us.theguardian.com | Past: visual investigations @forensicarchi.bsky.social (The Murder of June Knightly https://vimeo.com/913426020) and @theintercept.com (Meet the Riot Squad https://vimeo.com/935228869) | +2,500 @nytimes.com bylines

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

Dana El Kurd

@danaelkurd.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Banner by Sara Qaed danaelkurd.com to contact

Maryam Jamshidi

@msjamshidi.bsky.social

Law Prof. Interested in Intl law, national security, sanctions, & SWANA (aka the Middle East & North Africa).

Andy Carvin

@acarv.in

Director of investigations, @weareoversight.bsky.social. Former managing editor and current nonresident senior fellow, DFRLab.org. NPR and Reported.ly alum. Woodturner, veteran of the prolactinoma wars. Calling BS is my calling. I used to tweet a lot.

Rima I Anabtawi

@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social

Palestinian-American digital-internet pioneer. Non-profit, NGO founder. Scholar, analyst, consultant, lecturer. Humanist. MENA Peace and Reconciliation. Interdisciplinary Narrative Studies. Campari enthusiast. Dawg Mom. Yankees & Giants Fan.

Manata Hashemi

@manatahashemi.bsky.social

sociologist | urban ethnographer | professor ✍🏽 Coming of Age in Iran manatahashemi.com

Christine Binzel

@christinebinzel.bsky.social

Professor of Economics @UniFAU | development economics, economic history, political economy, causal inference, Middle East | All opinions personal. sites.google.com/site/cbinzel/

Amnesty International

@amnesty.org

We defend human rights around the world. No government is beyond scrutiny, no situation is beyond hope. Let's get to work! For media enquiries, please contact us at press@amnesty.org

David Leavitt

@davidleavitt.bsky.social

Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist. Bylines: CBS, AXS, Yahoo, Examiner, etc. I love #Games, #Lotr, #StarWars, and #StarTrek. Casual #MTG #TTRPG, & #Boardgames player. Work w/me: DavidLeavitt@gmail.com linktr.ee/david_leavitt

Shayan Sardarizadeh

@shayan86.bsky.social

BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk

Doug Mack

@douglasmack.bsky.social

Probably down a research rabbit hole. 📖 The Not-Quite States of America, about the U.S. territories (W. W. Norton). 🍟Agreeably nerdy food history newsletter: https://snackstack.net He/him, just another dad in Minneapolis.

Lea Filali

@leafilali.bsky.social

Deputy Director, Global HR & Talent Development, AtlanticCouncil | HR operations, talent strategy & inclusive workplace design | Brussels → DC

Caroline Krafft

@ckrafftc.bsky.social

Economist, Associate Prof. @ Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Development/Labor/Education/Gender/ECD/Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa.

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi

@eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social

Teach and research the international politics of Middle East at School of International Relations, University of St Andrews | My views only—not my employer | Reposts/likes ≠ endorsements https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/international-relations/people/es404/

Peyman Jafari

@peymanjafari.bsky.social

Asst. Prof. in History and International Relations at William & Mary, and International Institute of Social History. Interested in Labor & Energy History, Revolutions, Middle East. Opinions are my own.

Katharine Khamhaengwong

@katharinegk.bsky.social

senior editor @bindinghook.bsky.social / freelance editor & writer (eater, eurasianet, moscow times, oc media, oxford analytica, saveur, etc) based in oegstgeest also: birds, bikes, georgian, snacks, trains

Rebecca Brenner Graham

@theotherrbg.bsky.social

Brown postdoc writing a book on the American Revolution in female millennial pop culture for St. Martin’s www.rebeccabrennergraham.com

Geoffrey Hughes

@geofffhughes.bsky.social

Teacher, Ethnographer, Arabist; Author of Affection and Mercy (2021) and Social Media Tribes: Jordan's Bedouin and the Margins of the State (2026) ♥️🇯🇴♥️🇵🇸 (he/هو) https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lLU0JwkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

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.