The FP Twitterati 100

A who’s who of the foreign-policy Twitterverse in 2012.

JUNE 18, 2012

THE MIDDLE EAST

Issandr El Amrani (@arabist) -- Writer and analyst based in Cairo.

Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) -- Roving Middle East and North Africa correspondent for the Financial Times and a great aggregator of regional news.

Golnaz Esfandiari (@GEsfandiari) -- Iran reporter and blogger for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, based in Washington, D.C.

Jeffrey Goldberg (@Goldberg3000) -- Washington-based correspondent for the Atlantic; official therapist of the U.S.-Israel relationship.

Hussein Ibish (@Ibishblog) -- Blogger and senior research fellow for the American Task Force on Palestine.

Robin Mills (@robinenergy) -- Dubai-based energy consultant and columnist.

Eman Al Nafjan (@Saudiwoman) -- Saudi Arabia's most prominent female blogger.

Ahmed Al Omran (@ahmed) -- The original Saudi blogger; NPR social-media producer.

Prashant Rao (@prashantrao) -- AFP's Baghdad bureau chief and one of the few good feeds on Iraq.

Sultan Al Qassemi (@SultanAlQassemi) -- Prominent Emirati columnist, investor, and art aficionado; go-to source for breaking news from the Arab world.

Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) -- Diplomatic correspondent for Haaretz. Scoop machine.

Mahmoud Salem (@Sandmonkey) -- Foul-mouthed Egyptian revolutionary blogger and son of a former ruling-party parliamentarian, based in Cairo.

Liz Sly (@LizSly) -- Beirut-based correspondent for the Washington Post. Essential on Syria.

Brian Whitaker (@Brian_Whit) -- Middle East editor for the Guardian and a keen analyst of regional politics and trends.

Mahir Zeynalov (@MahirZeynalov) -- Istanbul-based journalist for Today's Zaman.

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