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Nada Shaker is an Egyptian freelance journalist who began her career as a television reporter for Egyptian news channel ONLive. She received her bachelor's...
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Karen E. Young is a senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. On Twitter: @professorkaren
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Mehrnaz Samimi is an Iranian-American journalist. On Twitter: @mehrnazsamimi
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Sabena Siddiqui is a foreign affairs journalist and geopolitical analyst with a special focus on the Belt and Road Initiative, the Middle East and South Asia....
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Anton Mardasov is a military affairs expert and journalist focusing on Syria, Iraq and extremist organizations. He is also a non-resident expert at the Russian...
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Saudi Arabia recasts NEOM as a regional logistics hub amid war disruption.
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Vanessa Ghanem is a freelance multimedia journalist covering the Middle East with a focus on business, energy, regional politics and socio-economic matters....
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Tyler Huffman is managing editor of Al-Monitor. Email: thuffman@al-monitor.com
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Mohamed Eljarh is a managing partner at LIBYA DESK Ltd. He is also the regional manager for CRCM North Africa. On Twitter @Eljarh or LinkedIn.
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Rodayna Raydan - AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012
Rodayna Raydan is a Lebanese British journalism graduate from Kingston University in London covering Lebanon. On Twitter: @Rodayna_462
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Dr. Rebecca Bradshaw is an award-winning researcher and writer focusing on the political economy of culture in the Middle East and North Africa. She trained as...
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Karim Safieddine - AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012
Karim Safieddine is a political writer and organizer in Lebanon. He's currently pursuing his PhD in sociology at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Suzanne DeRouen was previously an editor for the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s The Kurdish Globe — the first English-language newspaper in the Kurdistan Region...
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Paul J. Saunders is President of the Center for the National Interest and a senior advisor at Energy Innovation Reform Project. He is also a research scientist...
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Ben Caspit is a columnist for Al-Monitor's Israel Pulse. He is also a senior columnist and political analyst for the Israeli newspapers Maariv and Walla!, and...
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Arash Bahmani is an Iranian journalist. On Twitter: @ArashBahmani
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Yun Sun is a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center. Her expertise is in Chinese...
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Julian Pecquet was the Editor of Special Projects for Al-Monitor, where he supervised the award-winning Lobbying Tracker as well as managing long-form stories....
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Cagatay Cebe is an independent researcher. His research focuses on the Syrian civil war, Lebanon, Jihadist movements and Turkey’s military policy in the Middle...
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Mazal Mualem - AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012
Mazal Mualem is a columnist for Al-Monitor's Israel Pulse and formerly the senior political correspondent for Maariv and Haaretz. She also presents a weekly TV...
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Lyse Mauvais is a French journalist based in Amman, Jordan, where she writes in English for Syria Direct. She also reports on environmental issues and...
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Fatima is a Palestinian journalist based in West Bank city of Ramallah. X/Twitter: @FatiabdulFatima
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Naima Morelli - AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012
Naima Morelli is a culture writer who specializes in contemporary art from the Middle East, North Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. She is a contributor to...
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Also this week: Inside Douglas White’s “Great Wave,” echoing a city in flux.
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Winthrop Rodgers - AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012
Winthrop Rodgers is a journalist based in Sulaymaniyah, focusing on politics, economics, and human rights. Currently Project Manager at Metrography, Iraq's...
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Abeer Ayyoub - AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012
Abeer Ayyoub is a freelance journalist based in Istanbul, Turkey. She previously reported from Palestine and Jordan. On Twitter: @Abeerayyoub
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