On the ramparts
Scholars, journalists, writers, and humanitarians fighting for truth and justice.
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@idreesahmad.bsky.social
@zsahloul.bsky.social
Syrian American humanitarian, pulmonary & critical care specialist, president of MedGlobal, Gandhi award recipient for peace 2020, Chicagoan of the year 2016. Proud grandfather. Believer in humanity.
@theelders.bsky.social
Founded by Nelson Mandela, we are independent global leaders working together for peace, justice, human rights and a sustainable planet. linktr.ee/theelders_org
@wordsaredeeds.bsky.social
Founding Co-Exec Director @ibvprev.bsky.social | Visting Research Fellow @kclcgs.bsky.social | Trustee HMDT | Internationalist | 🕊
@chelseahartisme.bsky.social
I’m not British | they/them 🏳️🌈 | Comedian | बॉलीवुड की फ़ैन | Barbra Streisand-Enthusiast | ایران آزاد | Alaskan |
@hassounmazen.bsky.social
Syrian, Journalist, Political Scientist. Analysis on Syria and the Middle East. Refugee from X (previously Twitter).
@uungor.bsky.social
Professor of Genocide Studies @ NIOD Institute & University of Amsterdam. Research on mass violence, Middle East. Books: 'The Making of Modern Turkey' (2011), 'Genocide' (2016), 'Paramilitarism' (2020), 'Syrian Gulag' (2023), and 'Assad's Militias' (2024).
@thesyriacampaign.org
A human rights organization that supports Syria’s heroes in their struggle for freedom, justice and democracy 🔗 linktr.ee/thesyriacampaign
@muhammadnajem.bsky.social
I am Muhammed Najem. I am from the Eastern city of Ghouta in Syria ❤My friends,I'm so excited to announce that my book is available for pre-order now!
@asifkapadia.bsky.social
Writer / Director / Producer: 2073, AMY, SENNA, DIEGO MARADONA, Mindhunter, The Warrior, Far North, CREATURE, FEDERER: 12 Final Days, Me You Can’t See, The Sheep Thief, Indian Tales, The Waiting Room, Yasiin Bey Guantánamo force feeding film.
@hrcberkeley.bsky.social
Investigating war crimes, pursuing justice, and preparing tomorrow's advocates. https://humanrights.berkeley.edu/
@occrp.org
We are a network of journalists exposing crime and corruption so the public can hold power to account. Our journalism has so far helped return $10+ billion to the public sphere and led to 700+ arrests, indictments, and sentences.
@naamoduk.bsky.social
We are a movement of Jews in the UK seeking to end our community's support for Israel's occupation and apartheid. naamod.org.uk
@themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy
Marginalia on our search for meaning. [bridged from https://themarginalian.org/ on the web by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@alexskolnick.bsky.social
Guitarist, Writer, Photographer, Authenticity Appreciator. Testament/AST/PAKT/StuHamm/MA & more PODCAST: “MOODS & MODES” avail on Apple/Spotify/Google
@tim-weiner.bsky.social
Author & journalist. New book -- THE MISSION: The CIA in the 21st Century -- coming in July. https://www.amazon.com/Mission-CIA-21st-Century/dp/0063270188/ref=sr_1_1?crid=244QZ5FP3OQIG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.sg7scw46b-qcO0cLOReCrUfrMvIOVWPmbD5cYUXt4oNZtHQNyjUCAp
@ajaltamimi.bsky.social
Translator and historian working with a variety of languages (Arabic, English, Latin, Spanish, Old English, German among others).
@lilahassan.bsky.social
Investigative reporter. '24 Livingston Winner for National Reporting. Words: Wired, Mother Jones, HuffPost, ProPublica, The Nation, The Intercept, Business Insider & more. Tip? www.lila-hassan.com
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social
We publish books on current affairs, history, conflict and religion in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. And much else besides.
@newsprof1.bsky.social
Academic Lead of Media and Comms Research Cluster at the University of Edinburgh. Based in Politics/IR. Researching #AI, #Journalism and #Public Service Media. Views own. She/Her
@forensicarchi.bsky.social
Investigating state and corporate violence globally, presenting our findings from the courtroom to the gallery. Based at Goldsmiths, University of London.
@mahsaalimardani.bsky.social
Tech and human rights at WITNESS, previously ARTICLE19 DPhil Candidate Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Views all my own!
@freddydeknatel.bsky.social
Executive Editor, Democracy in Exile, the journal of DAWN @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social | Previously @ World Politics Review @wpr.bsky.social & Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com | https://dawnmena.org/about/who-we-are-2/frederick-deknatel/
@maxji.bsky.social
Israel/Palestine Program Director for the International Crisis Group and in earlier avatars Germany, South Asia and Middle East bureau chief for The Economist
@rohantalbot.bsky.social
Director of Advocacy and Campaigns, Medical Aid for Palestinians.
@rawya.bsky.social
Sr Crisis Advisor Amnesty International — war crimes, human rights abuses in crises. Recovering journalist. Aptly named. Rawya = Storyteller in Arabic.
@ionacraig.com
Journalist. Mostly Yemen/Arabian Peninsula. Sometimes @yemendataproject.org. Board member: @tcij.org, @declassifieduk.org. Once upon a time I trained racehorses Subscribe for Yemen-related things 👇 www.patreon.com/ionacraig https://linktr.ee/ionacraig
@erinoverbey.bsky.social
Writer, Archivist, Editor Archive Editor, The New Yorker Journalist, whistleblower & media gal in NYC
@lighthousereports.com
Radically collaborative journalism. Working with the world’s leading media on deeply reported, public interest investigations. http://bit.ly/LHR-newsletter
@ucu.org.uk
UK trade union for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and professional services staff in further education, higher education, prison education, and adult and community education.
@charliearchy.bsky.social
News Editor @ Salon Philadelphia, USA Signal: @charlesdavis.13
@leilana.bsky.social
Spanish-Syrian writer, devoted to social justice. I work at @APC and teach at Carlos III University. #CeasefireNow
@syrianotes.bsky.social
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
@kshaheen.bsky.social
Middle East Editor, Newsletters Editor @newlinesmag. Former Guardian Mideast correspondent. Gamer dad.
@lizsly.bsky.social
Journalist, foreign correspondent. Ex-Washington Post Mideast bureau chief. Also based in China, Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq, India, Italy, US.
@qusaynoor.net
❤ A journalist from Syria ❤ 📸 In the ( @anadoluajansi ) And ( (@newarab.com.web.brid.gy ) ) 📸
@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
@chehayebk.bsky.social
Middle East reporter at The Associated Press, usually reporting on Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. kchehayeb@ap.org
@janinadill.bsky.social
Professor of Global Security at Oxford, Co-director of ELAC (IHL, Law & Ethics of War, Attitudes toward Violence)
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
A multimedia literary and cultural arts magazine with an enduring commitment to the written word. https://lareviewofbooks.org/
@ramijarrah.bsky.social
Remnants of a war Journalist | AKA Alexander Page | @CJFE Intl Press Freedom Award
@faredalmahlool.bsky.social
Freelance Syrian conflict reporter and researcher, bomb survivor, covering the ongoing crisis in Syria. Previous research assistant @columbia. Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/faredalmahlool
@jksteinberger.bsky.social
Ecosocialist bluestocking. Immigrant & settler 🇪🇺🇨🇭🇺🇸🇬🇧. Social ecology & ecological economics at Uni Lausanne in 🇨🇭. Bad at email. She/her
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc Nature, climate, people. Prof at Cambridge. https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
@marwasf.bsky.social
Palestinian feminist made in Saudi | MENA Policy and Advocacy Director @AccessNow
@laylamoran.bsky.social
Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon | Chair of the Health & Social Care Select Committee | Here because Musk ruined the ‘other (social) place’ | she/her | Promoted by the Lib Dems, Unit C5 Grange Court, Barton Lane, OX14 3NB
@franifio.bsky.social
Chinese-Italian Scallion • Correspondent, comedian • Host of The Bitchuation Room Podcast on YouTube and Twitch • Newsbroke on @ajplus• IG: @franifio
@malachy.bsky.social
I report and run projects on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times where we collect and analyze audio-visual evidence. Ireland and New York. nytimes.com/visual-investigations
@scottjshapiro.bsky.social
Southmayd Prof @YaleLawSch + Philosophy @Yale. Ed, @LegalTheory + Stanford Encyclopedia of Phil. Content creator. Author, “Fancy Bear Goes Phishing"
@ledbydonkeys.org
Art, Activism and Accountability https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
@kristyanbenedict.bsky.social
Amnesty International UK Campaigns Manager: Crisis Response, Israel/Palestine, Syria. Also to be found drumming, climbing, and painting - https://www.instagram.com/kristyan_benedict/ Views all mine.
@ajgilmour.bsky.social
Executive Director of Berghof Foundation; former UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights; recent author of book on climate change and conflict "The Burning Question"; fellow SOAS; former visiting Fellow of All Souls, Oxford
@hhassan.bsky.social
Founder and Editor in Chief, @newlinesmag.bsky.social. New York Times Bestselling Author https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1682450201/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1699110557&sr=8-1. Father of two boys
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social
Tlönista. Shitposting merrily downward. Weird plant, cat, books lady. Sci-fi, fantasy, art, jazz, etc. Profile photo is a selfie with the bottom half of my face hilariously covered by my cat's. Banner pic is of crows in a tree.
@jenifervaughan.bsky.social
Spox 🇺🇳 @UNEnvoySyria / Ex Yale Fellow, UNHCR, OCHA, Al Jazeera, CNN; Peabody, Gracie award winner 🇨🇭 🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱🇬🇧🇦🇪🇶🇦 Jenifer.fenton@un.org
@1962wrenbskysocia.bsky.social
'Rise like tigers after slumber In unvanquishable number, Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you – Ye are many – they are few'
@celestemarcus.bsky.social
Managing editor @ Liberties Journal Writing a biography of Chaim Soutine Art for sale I have a weekly torah portion newsletter, DM if you'd like to receive it
@bouckap.bsky.social
I am a passionate human rights activist, conservationist, permaculture farmer, father. Current senior director at Fortify Rights, building local human rights capacity in Asia. Living in Madagascar.
@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
@brianwhitaker.bsky.social
Journalist, former Middle East editor of the Guardian newspaper. Author of 'Arabs Without God: Atheism and Freedom of Belief in the Middle East', plus several other books about the region. Website: al-bab.com
@reflextv.bsky.social
Odesa based Photojournalist and author of Under The Wire. Covering the war in Ukraine since March, 22. Trustee; Frontline Club. UK board member RSF.
@natashahall.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Former mediator, humanitarian, government official All views my own #Conflict #Regimesurvival #Environment #Governance
@lsmwilson.bsky.social
Culture editor, New Lines magazine. Writer. https://newlinesmag.com/writers/lydia-wilson/
@stavinoha.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Media and Global Development @ University of East Anglia Researching borders & camps | resistance & solidarity | transparency, FOIA & public spheres
@sophiefullerton.bsky.social
Lecturer on MENA, democratic backsliding & authoritarianism. Researcher on disinformation. Political Scientist via Columbia University. Lover of democracy. Find my writings in The Washington Post, Formiche, Index on Censorship & elsewhere. Istanbul/NYC
@razanspeaks.bsky.social
Syrian. Niche in narrative, pre-2011 exile communities’ palingenesis and diaspora histories. Also @intersectSyria.bsky.social for info-bites.
@daragh.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer Law @QMUL_HSS. @UKRI_News FLF project on human rights impacts of AI & surveillance technology (Jan 2021). He/His. Newsletter: http://AIHumanRights.Blog
@dimireider.bsky.social
Founding editor at The Lead, co-founder of +972 Magazine. Bylines at NYT, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Haaretz and sundry others. Exploring journalism and trauma, and the long-term future of Israel-Palestine. Dimireider.substack.com.
@annagunin.bsky.social
Translator from Russian of Svetlana Alexievich, Pavel Bazhov, Oleg Pavlov and others 🍉 💙💛
@antoinehasday.bsky.social
Journaliste raisonnablement indépendant. Marottes: défense, sécurité, renseignement, droits humains et environnement. Membre @collectifyoupress.bsky.social et @ajdpresse.bsky.social. Crie aussi dans des micros.
@drellac.bsky.social
Associate Professor at UCL. Lead a research group on human trafficking, smuggling and exploitation. Tired and jaded. Send snacks.
@jasminmuj.bsky.social
Political Scientist, PhD. Author of "Hunger and Fury: The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans" (2018) and "The Bosniaks: Nationhood After Genocide" (2023), both available via Hurst and OUP. 📍 LAX via SJJ. 🌐 www.jasminmujanovic.com
@mbazzi.bsky.social
NYU journalism professor | Director, NYU Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies | Former Middle East bureau chief, Newsday. https://journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/profile/mohamad-bazzi/
@bengidley.bsky.social
Sociologist, dad, attenuated Jew, nervous anti-fascist, rootless cosmopolitan, drum and bass fan, out of practice salsa dancer, asphalt botaniser, glutton, insomniac, hearing impaired, union member, living in London
@taravanho.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor, University of Essex. Will mostly be posting about human rights, business & human rights / #BizHumanRights, international economic law & transitional justice. And Taylor Swift.
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social
Author of Hired and Lost Boys (June 2025). Writing on Substack: https://www.forthedeskdrawer.com/
@qunfuz.bsky.social
Author "The Road from Damascus". Co-author "Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War". Writer and deputy editor at the Critical Muslim. English editor at www.isisprisons.museum. Journalism etc collected at www.qunfuz.com
@leilashami.bsky.social
Co-author of 'Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War' Co-founder @fromtheperiphery.com & host of @syriapodcast.bsky.social & co-host @thefirethesetimes.com Member @thepeopleswant.bsky.social Blogs at: https://leilashami.wordpress.com/
@khalilsayegh.bsky.social
Political analyst | Palestinian politics |Israeli-Palestinian conflict | Co-founder & President of Agora (ἀγορά) Initiative
@bobfrombrockley.bsky.social
Middle aged anti-fascist and left libertarian in South London. In to: dub, country and western, critical theory, Yiddish, black history, internationalism, trade unions, salt beef. Fan of: Omar Aziz, Bayard Rustin, Hannah Arendt, Cesaria Evora.
@rashaaqeedi.bsky.social
Storyteller and occasional provocateur Mesopotamian from Mosul,Ninewa Other interests include: Art, Culture, Pop Culture, Kale Smoothies, and Seneca 105K followers on X and heartbroken
@fadahjassem.bsky.social
Head of Data Visualisation @TheNationalNews.com in #AbuDhabi. Recent UK expat. Syrian/Iraqi #Journalist #Technologist #data, #AI, #OSINT & information integrity. A journalism polymath of sorts (if such a thing exists) (Ex-Twitter Head of Curation MENA)
@warghetti.bsky.social
Writer, translator, Beiruter & now part-time Montrealer. Senior editor at The Markaz review.
@thomasvlinge.bsky.social
Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for the struggle for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation
@birgittaj.bsky.social
Poetician from an island far far away: Iceland. Former Captain in, and co-creator of, the Pirate Party. Spent 8 years in parliament. Co-produced Collateral Murder. A annoying fly in the tent. Care about: Mother Earth & all her creatures 💚
@gianlucamezzo.bsky.social
Editor, OSINT and visual investigations @CNN Email: gianluca.mezzofiore@cnn.com
@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
@marieke.bsky.social
Journalist/factchecker. Wist je dat alle coole mensen luisteren naar de podcast Computeren?
@jannisgrimm.bsky.social
Repression/resistance/(non)violence • Director of Research Unit Radical Spaces @interactfu.bsky.social • pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will • https://www.jannisgrimm.com/
@mazmhussain.bsky.social
Writing @dropsitenews. Interested in books, tech, history, global affairs, and language. فارسی/اردو/TR/EN