Åse Marit Befring
Middle East correspondent for Norwegian TV&Radio (NRK), based in Istanbul. Let’s fight polarization and base the news on facts instead of rumors
@eaunina.bsky.social
About Turkey, random musing and my readings. Latvian previously in Turkey, now trotting around Brussels. Working on EU enlargement. ASU, LSE, St Andrews alumna. Views strictly mine!
@rpmccarthy.bsky.social
Teach, research & write on Middle East Politics Author: Inside Tunisia's al-Nahda: https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/politics-international-relations/middle-east-gov www.rorymccarthy.com
@pschulkes.bsky.social
Middle East Consultant, non-resident scholar Middle East Institute, Oxford University Alum. Focus usually on renewables, SWFs, and banks. Love stats https://visualmiddleeast.substack.com/
@aburass.bsky.social
Palestine, Israel and the Middle East | Social movements, nationalism, ethnicity and race | He/him. locomotion.wiki youtu.be/Pc-s_Ub_91o
@beathas-ailsa.bsky.social
African & Islamic Archaeology. Art history. Anthropology. History. Chinese ceramics in Ethiopia, East Africa & the Indian Ocean World. BA (SOAS), MA (SRU, UEA), PhD (IAIS, UoE) I enjoy yoga, cycling & weightlifting.
@ryanjosephlynch.com
Professor of Islamic History @ColumbusState. Work on the Islamic state throughout history. Love tech + games + punk rock. Writing a book about history in games. ryanjosephlynch.com
@dassakaye.bsky.social
Longtime Middle East/global affairs/diplomacy observer. Current: Senior Fellow, UCLA Burkle Center. Former: Director, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. New book out Dec 2! https://www.sup.org/books/politics/enduring-hostility
@maxsegal.bsky.social
Thinking about US foreign policy. Work on Israel-Palestine. twitter.com/mxsgl
@soliman.bsky.social
Tech & Geopolitics & Business & EMEA. Director, Middle East Institute. Fellow @ FPRI & Third Way & Trilateral Commission. Charts & Maps. Book: West Asia (10/2025)
@newlinesmag.bsky.social
An award-winning magazine for the best writing from around the world. Longform essays run daily online and quarterly in print. http://lnk.bio/newlinesmag
@idreesahmad.bsky.social
Director of Journalism, University of Essex; Associate Editor, New Lines Magazine; Contributing Editor, LA Review of Books; Bylines: New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Policy, The Observer, Washington Post.
@kolacekj.bsky.social
Arabist, historian, sociologist, teacher (Charles Uni), family man, nature lover
@3arabawy.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. https://arabawy.org/newsletter
@zeinobia.bsky.social
Egyptian Blogger / Journalist / Photographer. Keybase: @zeinobia . Just another talkative Egyptian RT is not an Endorsement.
@jhoover04.bsky.social
Islamic Studies, Taymiyyan Studies. Views are my own. Likes and reposts≠endorsement.
@michatobia.bsky.social
Editorial Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social | Heart and mind in Beirut
@chris-doyle.bsky.social
Commentator on Middle East, international politics & Director of @Caabu Council for Arab-British Understanding. (Views mine alone)
@karimeltaki.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Groningen • Middle East IR, regional and global ordering, sovereignty, recognition • PhD, Cambridge karimeltaki.com
@beirutspring.com
🇱🇧 I've been watching and writing about Lebanon for more than 20 years. I can sometimes get carried away.
@mchrislow.bsky.social
Middle East and Environmental Historian | Director, Middle East Center, University of Utah | Author: Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj | Desalination and Climate | Views are my own https://history.utah.edu/faculty/chris-low.php
@johnlyndon.bsky.social
Executive Director at the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP), the largest network of Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders
@simongandrew.bsky.social
Historian of media, pop culture, the Middle East. Senior Lecturer at Dartmouth; author of "Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt"; founder of “Ideas to Ink”; andrewgsimon.com
@hyildizhistorian.bsky.social
Lecturer in gender history at the University of Edinburgh, with an interest in nineteenth century labour and modern empires. Ottoman & South Asian history. #FeministSky
@emilymprzy.bsky.social
Analyst on Yemen/Gulf/ISIS/Libya. Working @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social on the N7 Initiative. Shares ≠ endorsement
@missalainneous.bsky.social
PhD in Middle East Studies. Research on transnational feminism, women and migrant workers in the Arab Gulf. Tweets are cries for help.
@omabarr.bsky.social
Architect, MA in Conservation, PhD in Islamic History. Head of Development at the Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation and Researcher at the V&A. Currently raising funds to restore Bayt al-Razzaz, a 15th c. palace in Historic Cairo built by Sultan Qaytbay.
@mturkan.bsky.social
Studies the visual politics of cinema in late Ottoman and early Republican Turkey, focusing on how media practices contributed to the Republic’s ways of seeing.⎢Car crashes and celebrity studies.
@seyahatgame.bsky.social
Historian of the Ottoman Empire, Game Developer (Seyahat: A Journey to Mecca | The Hajj Trail), Teacher, Assistant Prof @CCSU, PhD @Yale https://store.steampowered.com/app/3306180/Seyahat_A_Journey_to_Mecca/ www.hajjtrail.com/game
@peklof.bsky.social
Personal account for personal opinions Expert Strategy Adviser - Field Focus, NRC
@colmenares73.bsky.social
Journalist. Middle East Correspondent RNE. Jerusalén. [email protected]
@ccbaxter1968.bsky.social
He/Him, Middle East/modern Egyptian History, political economy, monetary history, PhD Student at UCSB, podcasts about film at http://politicsofcinema.libsyn.com
@petergelling.bsky.social
Writer and editor. These days: Senior News Editor Business Insider. Olden days: Quartz, WGBH, GlobalPost, NYT. Interested in the Middle East, Indonesia, Islam, Global Conflict, Displaced People, Inequality, Tech, AI, Cats, and the Boston Celtics.
@kstroemsnes.bsky.social
Political scientist. Professor and Deputy Head of Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Kristin.Strømsnes / Visiting Scholar at University of Bologna, Department of Political and Social Sciences
@melissacrt.bsky.social
Researcher and writer on women’s rights in Afghanistan Pre-order No Woman's Land: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kianahayeri/no-womans-land?ref=user_menu
@mbedsvaag.bsky.social
Senior Communications Advisor. Humanitarian NGO. Oslo. Popular with my kids.
@linepine.bsky.social
Norwegian journalist in NRK with an interest in economics, business and politics. Find pleasure in investigating. Love the forest and the sea.
@lcmporter.bsky.social
Award-winning correspondent based in Turkey for The National newspaper. English, français, العربيّة, فارسى, Türkçe öğreniyorum. I like elegant writing, translation, textiles, and the sea. All views are my own.
@jawa2024.bsky.social
Engasjert pensjonist på leiting etter ein ny heim etter at X-Twitter blei gjort om til eit Trump-rally.
@kjellron.bsky.social
Redaktør emeritus. Interresert i samfunn, politikk, kunst, litteratur, hage, blomster, øl og lage det vakkert rundt oss. Alle bilder tatt med mobilkamera.
@aakremoberg.bsky.social
MD, PhD. Lege og professor, spesialist i medisinsk biokjemi. Kultur, friluftsliv, politikk og samfunn. På Blåsky som privatperson
@oletam.bsky.social
Trønder, bosatt Østlandet, konservativ, ski, fjell, RBK, Leeds, far, IKT og KI i skolen Teacher in secondary school, Former Council Chairperson Lions Clubs Int. Norway
@sofiega.bsky.social
Fagredaktør (konst.) i NRK Nyheter, tidligere redaksjonssjef i utenriksredaksjonen.