Introducing the FPwomerati

Why didn't Foreign Policy include more women in its Twitterati list? Here's a list of 100 female tweeters around the world that everyone should follow.

BY @JILLIANCYORK, @KATRINSKAYA, @LISANG | JUNE 20, 2012

EUROPE/RUSSIA

Katharina Borchert (@lyssaslounge) -- CEO of SPIEGEL Online, Germany. Eclectic mix, great links.

Kseniya Sobchak (@xenia_sobchak) -- Russian opposition activist (tweets in Russian). Big following.

Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) -- Moscow correspondent for the Guardian and 2011 Twitterati. We think she ought be on the list again this year.

Leila Nachawati (@leila_na) -- Spanish-Syrian activist crossing borders with her activism.

Theodora Oikonomides (@IrateGreek) -- Twitter handle not a misnomer. The woman is on fire on Greek politics and economics.

Claire Ulrich (@ClaireinParis) -- Editor of Global Voices. Tweets en français and then some.

MIDDLE EAST

Sarah Carr (@SarahCarr) -- Prize-winning Egyptian-British vlogger and blogger. Excellent analysis and live reporting of Egyptian activism.

Erin Cunningham (@erinmcunningham) -- Senior correspondent for the Middle East and North Africa for Global Post.

Dr. Nada Dhaif (@NadaDhaif) -- Bahraini human rights activist, previously sentenced to 15 years in prison, tweeting in Arabic and English.

Sanam Dolatshahi (@khorshid) -- BBC Persian reporter with expertise on Iranian cyberspace and women's movements.

Sarah Eldeeb (@seldeeb) -- AP correspondent in Cairo. Insightful reporting; great live tweeting of events on the ground.

Samia Errazzouki (@charquaouia) - D.C.-based Morocco editor of Jadaliyya's Maghreb page.

Dalia Ezzat @DaliaEzzat) -- Multilingual, Toronto-based Egyptian who tweets with great insight about Egyptian politics.

Razan Ghazzawi (@redrazan) -- Activist tweeting from the front lines of the Syrian conflict.

Jess Hill (@jessradio) -- Middle East correspondent @TheGlobalMail. Tweets and curates on the region.

Dima Khatib (@Dima_Khatib) -- Arab journalist, tweeting all Middle Eastern issues in three languages. Has 110,000+ followers.

Nadine Moawad (@nmoawad) -- Lebanese activist tweeting about feminism and rights.

Natasha Mozgovaya (@mozgovaya) -- Haaretz's chief U.S. correspondent, based in D.C. Smart and funny political insight.

Jodi Rudoren (@rudoren) -- Newly minted Jerusalem bureau chief of the New York Times.

Lara Setrakian (@lara) -- Freelance journalist and Middle East expert with a current focus on Syria; a 2011 Twitterati.

Hadeel Al Shalchi (@hadeelalsh) -- Middle East correspondent for Reuters in Libya.

Manal Al-Sharif (@Manal_alsharif) -- The activist behind Saudi's Women2Drive campaign. Tweets in Arabic mostly, with some English.

Elizabeth Tsurkov (@Elizrael) -- Always-thoughtful blogger and Global Voices contributor from Israel.