MENA Writers and Academics
This is a list of authors, analysts, and academics whose work focuses on Middle Eastern cities and people. Interests vary, including history, politics, urbanism, ethnography, film, music, and pop culture.
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@omarabolnaga.bsky.social
@aliagvr.bsky.social
Political Anthropologist｜IR: Diplomacy, Authoritarian Rule｜Arab/Saudi Studies — Historiography, Ethnography, Tribe)｜US Policy Intersection | Non Exec Dir UKG | NRS
@aburushdink.bsky.social
Political Science ▓▓▓▓▓▓ at ▓▓▓▓ University. ▓▓▓▓ Associate w/ ▓▓▓▓ Center for ▓▓▓▓ Studies. Non-Resident Fellow at ▓▓▓▓▓▓. Certain info withheld.
@emilykmscott.bsky.social
Associate Professor, researcher, writer, advisor | humanitarianism, conflict, protection, IHL, health, migration & the Middle East | mostly 🇸🇾(+*) 🇱🇧 🇯🇴 | podcast co-host | #fulbright | emilykmscott.org Previously MSF, Carter Center, UNDP, GAC,…
@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/
@faisalhamadah.bsky.social
Dr/comrade د./رفيق. Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Studies and Transnationalism
@omniakhalil.bsky.social
Anthropology professor at the City College of New York
@sdhaddow.bsky.social
Bioarchaeologist with a focus on SW Asia, Ancient Egypt and Sudan. Funerary practices, taphonomy, dental anthropology. Music and photography nerd.
@mugeozoglu.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Utrecht University
@myrmek.bsky.social
Humanitarianism & refugees, past & present. All things Lebanon. Prof. International Migration Law, University of Oslo & Associate Fellow, American University of Beirut. Check out our graphic novel: cardboardcamp.net.
@hyyppati.bsky.social
Doctoral researcher Univ Helsinki, civil wars, civilian agency, rebel governance, political violence, Syria. Member of board of NSMES and editorial board of Babylon.
@manarisms.bsky.social
International aid and development. Conflict and peacebuilding. Posts on Middle East and North Africa, East Africa, conflict, human rights, social movements, political transitions. Views are my own.
@egyptoknuckles.bsky.social
Food & Music writer based in Minneapolis. Doing a lot, but never doing the most.
@jmwillis.bsky.social
Historian, Kentuckian. Stuff about Yemen, S. Asia, Arabian Peninsula, and all things guitar . . . https://www.johnwillishistory.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@WalthomstowC/featured https://johnmwillis.bandcamp.com/album/for-palestine
@maryamaldossari.bsky.social
Academic. Writing/complaining mostly about women’s inequality in the Middle East, especially in Saudi Arabia!
@omarcheta.bsky.social
Historian • Alexandria/Syracuse • https://omarcheta.wordpress.com/
@williamcarruthers.bsky.social
Lecturer in Heritage @phaisessex.bsky.social . ‘Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology’ out now with Cornell UP. Fellow, RHistS. https://williamcarruthers.co.uk // williamcarruthers.wordpress.com
@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
@slm.bsky.social
The serious account is moodsalem@bsky.social, this is where I am combative and shitposty. promise you Humor, News, Commentary, Culture, Fashion, Memes, and no BS political opinions.
@angusblair.bsky.social
Finance/banking/economy. Corporate governance/ESG. Middle East & North Africa. Climate. Investment banking, asset management, City of London & emerging mkts. Former No 1 Inst'l Investor analyst & Prof of Practice, Business School, AUC. Twitter: AngusBlair1
@mandour.bsky.social
Masters of Human Rights @Humphery School, University of Minnesota. MENA Researcher @Committee to Protect Journalists. #Press_Freedom, #Transnational_Repression, and #Tech_policy. Words are mine!
@sarah94.bsky.social
Co-founder and researcher at masaar.net Human rights, tech and a little bit of cinema and video games.
@thebigpharaoh.bsky.social
@elenahabersky.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @UofGlasgow. Looking at migrants contesting borders and RLOs in Egypt. Critical Border/Migration Studies. I ❤️ Cairo’s Street 🐈 🐈⬛. Always missing NEPA Summer Bazaars. 🍉🇸🇩
@sanamurrani.bsky.social
Mapping spatial creativity/displacement. Arts/Health research lead, AssocProfessor Spatial Practice UniPlymouth. Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE Middle East Centre #SpatialJustice #CriticalSpatialPractice #CreativeDeepMapping #Displacement #Home
@marwasf.bsky.social
Palestinian feminist made in Saudi | MENA Policy and Advocacy Director @AccessNow
@thecynicist.bsky.social
Political analyst focused on global conflict and security, Afghanistan, the Middle East and US politics. Purveyor of quality nonsense. Rare Afghan with two names. Previously HRW, ICTJ, Amnesty, OSF and ECFR. Always clean on OPSEC. "All the pieces matter."
@erinsnider.bsky.social
IR, Middle East political economy, democracy aid, & development • Egypt she/her • Author, Marketing Democracy: http://bit.ly/3j8sN8k
@lisahajjar.bsky.social
Sociologist of law and conflict. I write about torture, war crimes, military courts and occupations. Ask me about Guantánamo.
@jasminekgani.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in International Relations Theory at LSE. History | Political Theory | Race | Colonialism | Resistance | MENA Teach on Colonialism & Israel-Palestine Repost/Like usually = bookmark or endorsement jasminekgani.wordpress.com
@monaharb.bsky.social
Professor of Urban Studies & Politics, American University of Beirut Co-Director, Beirut Urban Lab
@maitelsadany.bsky.social
Human Rights Lawyer | Executive Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social
@amroali.bsky.social
Public Scholar | Sociologist | Middle East Analyst | UNESCO advisor for the Arab region. I explore fractured modernities of the Arab world & the Mediterranean. I write to reimagine. Alexandria-Berlin-Casablanca. www.amroali.com
@daliaabdelhady.bsky.social
Sociologist of Middle East diasporas, bureaucratic violence, children of immigrants, gender and cultural analysis. Joint Editor-in-Chief of the Nordic Journal of Migration Research.
@mariannedhe.bsky.social
crip journalist, historian, editor, organizer | contributing writer at Truthout and Yes! Magazine | marianne@mariannedhenin.com, signal: @mariannedhe.26
@ramyyaacoub.bsky.social
🥷 at @open-society.bsky.social. ex @timep.bsky.social. Rocket Scientist @EmbryRiddle. M.A. @ausis.bsky.social. Political Analyst. Scuba Diver. English, Arabic, y un poco de Español 🇨🇦🇪🇬🇺🇸 Twitter: @ramyyaacoub
@khowaga.bsky.social
I’m not clumsy, I’m just sensitive to gravity. Historian | Professor | Traveler | Foodie | 👨🏽🤝👨🏻@pistorin.bsky.social | ATX & SATx | Usually in bed by 10. Pronouns & langs: He / él / هو / hey you christophersrose.com
@ayeshaomardr.bsky.social
British Academy International Fellow• SOAS University of London• Senior Lecturer•University of the Witwatersrand•Intellectual History• Comparative Political Theory•Africa/ South Africa• M&G 200 YSA• Theoria• Gardening• Calligraphy
@tekaldas.bsky.social
Deputy Director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social Analyst, Student, Professor, and Professional Cynic Study and teach at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona #RefugeesWelcome He/Him 📍Barcelona
@omardfoda.bsky.social
Writer: Egypt, History, Beer http://omar.foda.family https://substack.com/@omardfoda
@omarabolnaga.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in History & Theory of Architecture & Urbanism at the Bartlett School of Architecture | Investigating the discursive construction of the ʿashwaʾi space in Cairo | Host of Cairo Cast Podcast | He/him www.omarabolnaga.com