SWANA Writers, Creators, and Advocates
Writers, creators, and advocates of Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA, ie MENA) background, including some publications and organizations, focusing on all issues related to the region, especially Palestine and Sudan right now.
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@spiderswarz.bsky.social
@sarasolara.bsky.social
YA SFF author writing multiracial autistic girls who do gay crime. 🇵🇸 🇨🇴 🏳️🌈 #ActuallyAutistic ∞ Palestine will be free 🍉 she/her Rep: Becca Podos, Neighborhood Literary Short story in THYME TRAVELLERS (Fernwood) https://www.sarasolara.com/
@mosababutoha.bsky.social
Palestinian poet from Gaza. Author of Forest of Noise & Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear.
@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)
@alinasser.bsky.social
Egyptian goofball. Father. Writer of ads. Actor. Film Geek. Theatre Nut. Geek/pop culture expert. Jim Carrey doppelganger. Questions?
@ayoub.bsky.social
I do @thefirethesetimes.com + co-founder @fromtheperiphery.com +Editor shado-mag.com + affiliate fellow @post-growth.bsky.social + Newsletter @ Hauntologies.net + @syriapodcast.bsky.social @thestartrekpod.bsky.social From 🇱🇧🇵🇸 in 🇬🇧
@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/
@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
@theahmedraafat.bsky.social
UK based Egyptian comic book artist: Dark Horse (WHO ARE THE POWER PALS - Kevin Smith’s QUICK STOPS)/Source Point Press/Netflix/Oni Press Creator: Astronudes Co-creator: El Osba (The League) / Gorilla My Dreams He/Him
@spinninggaround.bsky.social
arab + circassian artist | they/she/هي 🇵🇸 تحيا فلسطين @/spinninggaround on twt | batcest/proship DNI
@israaverse.bsky.social
Israa ◈ 22 ◈ They/He ◈ 🇵🇸 + 🇮🇪 ◈ Archaeo/History student ◈ 16+, non-sexual nudity warning, must have age in bio!! zios DNI under pain of death ◈ 💕 F1, Canaan, Bronze and Stone Age Levant
@saraalfageeh.bsky.social
Game dev + Illustrator 🌿 Forbes 30 Under 30 🌿 Author of picture book NOT YET and award-winning comic SQUIRE 🌿 co-founder One More Multiverse Portfolio: Sara-Alfa.com Say hello at alfaillustration@gmail.com
@alshabaka.bsky.social
The Palestinian Policy Network. An independent, nonprofit think tank without borders. Arabic & English. https://al-shabaka.org/
@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
@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social
Prof. English. MFA Fiction. M.A. History. PhD Teaching/Learning. Sci-Fi/Fntsy, Arab American. Secular Humanist. Palestine 🇵🇸. Cats #UAPsky / #UFOsky 👀.
@remikanazi.bsky.social
Poet. Author of Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising Up from Brooklyn to Palestine http://bit.ly/2iwoRfW.
@tksshawa.bsky.social
Writer, analyst | US policy fellow at Al-Shabaka, editor at AJ+ | words in: @washingtonpost.com, @latimes.com, @foreignpolicy.com, @thenation.com, etc. Twitter: @tksshawa
@khalilsayegh.bsky.social
Political analyst | Palestinian politics |Israeli-Palestinian conflict | Co-founder & President of Agora (ἀγορά) Initiative
@deenahelm.bsky.social
author • palestinian • she/her • rep: @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social
@tariqraouf.bsky.social
Writer, TV aficionado. Bylines at A.V. Club, IGN, Nerdist, SF Chronicle & more. Member of AMEJA & GALECA. 🇵🇸 http://tariqraouf.carrd.co
@maryamaldossari.bsky.social
Academic. Writing/complaining mostly about women’s inequality in the Middle East, especially in Saudi Arabia!
@hachim0n.bsky.social
Video games, comics & films critic | Occasional capitalism muppet in order to earn a living. French man of Syrian origin. 🇸🇾 Free Palestine 🇵🇸 https://linktr.ee/hachim0n
@karimwafa.bsky.social
Indigenous Writer. Historian. Lecturer & Poet. PhD in Southern African American History. I write about culture, identity, empire and books. Author of: child of a stolen homeland For more: https://linktr.ee/karimwafa
@nazihfares.com
🎮 He/They | Spanish Lebanese born in France. 💼 17+yr Game Dev veteran #LookingForWork 📇 Board of Director at @IGDA.org & Vice Chair Game Credits SIG 📷 Olympus EM-1 and Pixel 7 Pro 🌐 Speaks 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇱🇧🇬🇧 / Manage in 🇩🇪🇹🇷 📌 Views are mine and you can't have them.
@malekawt.bsky.social
Love to socialize, especially with cats. Senior Manager, Project Management Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility @Ubisoft! Game Awards Future Class '22. عربي لبناني فلسطيني، مشارك آراء. Lebanese Palestinian queer Arab. 🇱🇧🇵🇸🏳️🌈 He/Him/هو
@mohammadrasoul.bsky.social
Director x Designer making Middle Eastern cyberpunk film & game DUNEOPOLIS • Featured in Rolling Stone/Variety/Bloomberg • Sheridan College alum • Dubai
@qamaria.bsky.social
₊ ⊹❀ 🌱🌷 she/him . 18 . uk ☪ afro-iranian+yemeni 🌺 🌸🌹i draw for fun, not anything serious ! repost heavy ^_^ 💐
@ashtaf130.bsky.social
Duck lover and game developer. I make games, write stories, and run communities. He/him
@intifada.bsky.social
Palestine’s weapon of mass instruction. http://electronicintifada.net
@hokaguteatime.bsky.social
Queer|| 🇲🇦|| Possible 🔞💀🕊️|| #trigun, #svsss and #nsfwart Obeni.weebly.com https://linktr.ee/hokaguteatime https://twitter.com/hokaguteatime
@aeniiac.bsky.social
nour/نور | 🇮🇶 | lesbian - هو/he/they - 25 | oc artist | #reapingresolve | fanart ok! | https://aeniiac.straw.page/
@thesaltylibrarian.bsky.social
Also known as Joni by some of you She/her, they/them Writer/artist/librarian WeWillReplaceYou
@amandameadows.bsky.social
Editor of adult comics, humor, and more at Andrews McMeel Publishing: @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social She/her. podcaster, zine collector, plant person, seat saver. 📚🖤🏳️🌈🇲🇦🍉 linktr.ee/meadowsamanda
@seytanitogepi.bsky.social
Hi! I'm Kiiro, an artist from Turkey! I like to make OC art. adult (20+) - he/him - queer muslim !!! I occasionally post/repost suggestive content !!! Twitter account: @seytanitogepi
@bogboogie.bsky.social
Award winning court jester (writer) for comics, games and film. gameplay + narrative designer & creative director. Co-founded Perfect Garbage. making horrifying stuff. THE HOLLOWED NIGHT Issue #2 (Soon) theboglands.com
@nuhahaha.bsky.social
Narrative Designer at Respawn Entertainment on the Star Wars Jedi team Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Far Cry 6, and more TGA Future Class ‘23 She/her ماشاءالله 🇸🇾🇨🇦
@emnays.bsky.social
writer in the further regions of experience ✦ Narrative Director/Cofounder @ Perfect Garbage ✦ FROM THE BELLY out now ✦ LET ME OUT Oni Press Lit Rep: Tamara Kawar ✦ Film/TV: Sean Berard, Grandview www.emmettnahil.com
@dirtbagboyfriend.bsky.social
☀️Ops Manager @ivyroadgames.bsky.social 🌙Creative Director @softnotweak.bsky.social on Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to✨ 📧: contact@softnotweak.com 🇱🇧 • Arab✨ • 18+ only pls•
@evilcleverdog.bsky.social
Costume-props designer for film and TV. Cosplayer and video maker | She/Her. Mixed race POC. UK based. Same handle on Insta, TikTok and YouTube. Inquiries: evilcleverdog91@gmail.con
@rimaj.bsky.social
✦ Brand/Marketing/Community in games 🎮 ✦ ADHD & Cancer-free 🎉 ✦ Thrower of axes 🪓 ✦ She/Her 🙋🏻♀️ ✦ 🇲🇦🇱🇧
@gissanesophia.bsky.social
[geese-enny] Journalist • Romance Author • Editor 📚A CERTAIN STEP out now | Lady Geeks Media founder | Rotten Tomatoes approved critic | @IFSCritics • she/her 🇦🇲
@palestinestudies.bsky.social
Oldest research institute & publisher of academic journals, books, databases, & stories on Palestine & the Palestinians. Explore, write, signup: https://linkin.bio/palestinestudies
@omarbaddar.bsky.social
Progressive; political analyst (US/Middle East, Palestine/Israel). Formerly at IMEU, AAI, & Al Jazeera. Into MMA. Views are mine. 🇵🇸
@mondoweiss.net
Fearless reporting/analysis on Palestine—what the mainstream won’t show. Web: https://mondoweiss.net Support our work: https://mondoweiss.net/donate?source=social-bluesky
@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."
@paulzecharia.bsky.social
He/Him | SAG-E | Pre-WGA | MENA Canadian Actor/VO Artist in Los Angeles | Award-Winning Filmmaker and Screenwriter | Photographer | Cosplayer | Seeking Representation
@mahyar-sorour.bsky.social
Proud Iranian-American, Forever a Minnesotan | Director, Beyond Fossil Fuels Policy @SierraClub | Environmental Justice Activist | Posts Are My Own
@alquds14.bsky.social
Al Quds News: "Al Quds News brings you the latest updates, insights, and ground reports from Jerusalem (Al-Quds) and across Palestine. Stay informed with unbiased coverage, breaking news, and deep analysis on the ongoing struggles
@thatkarimahmad.bsky.social
Writer of DIVIDE and Muslim Futures, culture strategist, parent, Muslim, future architect. Founder of Utopia Studio & Restoring The Future, Creator @FuturestatesTV https://linktr.ee/thatkarimahmad
@typicaltahdig.bsky.social
leftist, PNW, Iranian-American, mushroom forager, loves abortions. you may know me from hit tweets as “I hate JK Rowling” and “I hate your boss” she/her 🇵🇸
@susanmd.bsky.social
Novelist 📚 BEHIND YOU IS THE SEA (Harper Collins, Jan 2024) 🌟 FARAH ROCKS series (Capstone Books) 🏆American Book Award. Teaches creative writing @ Johns Hopkins Univ. She/her 🇵🇸 www.SusanMDBooks.com
@jadaliyya.bsky.social
Jadaliyya is an online publication. It features commentary in English, Arabic, & French by academics, activists, and artists from MENA.
@azodiac83.bsky.social
Iran ☢️ program. Adjunct professor at @GWU. PhD - I read on war and nuclear strategy. Posts are my views
@sharareh.bsky.social
• award-winning journo • persian pop culture nerd • 👩🏻💻 movies gal @PEOPLE • prev: @variety @thr @culturess @enews • GALECA + @AMEJA + @AAJA 🖥️ www.shararehdrury.com
@sinatoossi.bsky.social
senior fellow at the @CIPolicy.bsky.social | write a lot about Iran, US foreign policy, Middle East | bylines Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Guardian & elsewhere | check out my substack: sinabeyondborders.com
@maitelsadany.bsky.social
Human Rights Lawyer | Executive Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social
@maysoon.bsky.social
Comedian #JerseyGirl #ShinyMisfits #DisCo #AlQuds Haj Musa's daughter #CatMom www.maysoon.com
@superdillin.bsky.social
Host of the One Shot podcast. As seen/heard as Ayg on The Atomless. Also heard on Unprepared Casters, My First Dungeon, Critter Hug, Adventuring Academy, Party of One, and more. #ttrpg Game designer, #ActualPlay performer, werewolf enthusiast.
@iyadelbaghdadi.bsky.social
Founder & chair, Kawaakibi Foundation. Obsessed with the future of liberty in the MENA & the world. Studying dictators at the Jamal Khashoggi Disinfo Monitor. Book: "The Middle East Crisis Factory" (Hurst, 2021) 🇵🇸🇳🇴 (Account managed by @kawaakibi.org)
@porochista.bsky.social
author | 5th book: Tehrangeles @pantheonbooks (2024) | contrib editor @evergreenreview | Iranian | she/her | agent Susan Golomb | IG pchza | www.porochistakhakpour | porochista@gmail.com
@marwasf.bsky.social
Palestinian feminist made in Saudi | MENA Policy and Advocacy Director @AccessNow
@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at UChicago | Sociologist | Columnist @Inthesetimesmag.bsky.social | Co-author of revolutionary sci-fi novel: Everything for Everyone | Subject of documentary film "Coming Around"
@kombiz.bsky.social
Former Twitter dad is now a skeeting dad. I do a lot of political work mainly focused on empowering educators, nurses and workers. Beyond that it's Iran, music and trying to believe i can one day be funny. @kombiz everywhere
@soniasulaiman.bsky.social
I write stories inspired by Palestinian folklore. Pushcart, Palestine Book, & Lammy noms. BNW finalist. (she/her) Clarion West '25 https://www.soniasulaiman.com
@ruwaromman.bsky.social
Personal Page | Proud Palestinian 🇵🇸 | Proud Georgian 🍑 | Chair of the Swiftie Caucus | Putting public service back into politics 🩵 | Georgia Representative for HD97 ruwa4georgia.bsky.social
@osamadorias.bsky.social
Independent Design Director. Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.
@danaelkurd.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Profile by Molly Crabapple • Header my grandfather's publications danaelkurd.com to contact
@saladinahmed.bsky.social
Eisner winning writer. MILES MORALES, BATMAN UNBURIED, ABBOTT, STARSIGNS, TERRORWAR, BLACK BOLT, THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON.
@diplomatofnight.com
"A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland transformed by the occupation and oppression into a nightmare." Unfortunately I try to write sometimes
@ramiismail.com
I help good people make good games in good ways. Want to work with me? https://ramiismail.com/
@yassmin.bsky.social
Writer of books, articles, television. Social advocate. Former engineer. Interested in society, politics, culture, technology, how to live meaningful lives and build just societies. Weekly newsletter yassmin.substack.com. @yassmin_a on most other socials
@arezouamin.bsky.social
🇨🇦🇮🇷 She/her ✨ Writer ✨ Managing Ed./Host @ Geeky Waffle ✨ Bylines @ Star Wars Insider, Collider, Marvellous Geeks Media ✨ Boba Fest ✨ Loves lipstick, romance, Star Wars ✨
@fidaagaza.bsky.social
𝐈'𝐦 𝐅𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐚 𝐔𝐦𝐚𝐫 🎙️ 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚’𝐬 𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐨 | 🇵🇸 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 🧕 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝟒 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬 ✅ v͢e͢r͢i͢f͢i͢e͢d͢ 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐡 🔗 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞: gofund.me/54e019a2 Or paypal.me/Fidaaumer 📲 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦: t.me/fidaa_Umar 📸 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦: rb.gy/c4r7qc ☎️ +972 59-559-5310
@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
Your eye on the ground. Independent Middle East and North Africa news. https://middleeasteye.net Unofficial account. Automated post via RSS. Maintained by @danni.id
@thenewarab.bsky.social
Unfiltered journalism from the Middle East and North Africa, and beyond. Pitch to submissions@newarab.com / investigative leads to thenewarab@tutanota.com https://www.newarab.com/
@eliasjahshan.bsky.social
Editor, THIS ARAB IS QUEER (Saqi Books; 2022) | Your fave Palestinian Baba in London | 🇱🇧&🇵🇸; born/raised on Dharug, Gadigal & Gamaraigal lands (aka Sydney) | He/him | الياس جهشان https://saqibooks.com/books/saqi/this-arab-is-queer/
@kareem.bsky.social
al jazeera aj+ deputy executive producer. spice girls conspiracy theorist and star wars fashion correspondent in my spare time. 🇬🇷🇱🇾 📍 nyc/athens tw: thekareem ig: kareemopolis
@msnadiaosman.bsky.social
Writer/performer/director. Nicholls semi-finalist, Black List alum, Hero Inside, UCB + more. Podcast co-host. Egyptian-American. Cat mom. Classy broad. Watch my digital series: https://vimeo.com/msnadiaosman Substack: https://msnadiaosman.substack.com/
@nadiashammas.bsky.social
Palestinian-American writer, narrative designer, and award-winning wretch. She/They. From Brooklyn, now Toronto. GAMES: THIRSTY SUITORS, THE AXIS UNSEEN COMICS: SQUIRE, WHERE BLACK STARS RISE, DEAD BY DAYLIGHT
@spiderswarz.bsky.social
He/Him, Data Waterbender. Kurdish Muslim. 🍅Words @ The Nerds of Color, But Why Tho?, io9, The New Arab, Nerdist. Host of The Middle Geeks Podcast. https://www.swarasalih.com/