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  • Middle East Uncovered

    The Middle East is complicated. We publish the people who can explain it with the context and perspective it deserves. Powered by Ideas Beyond Borders.

  • Faisal Saeed Al Mutar

    Faisal Saeed Al Mutar is a social entrepreneur and media executive with extensive experience in economic development, innovation, and nonprofit leadership. Founder and President of Ideas Beyond Borders

  • John Aziz

    British-Palestinian writer. Focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but also dipping toes into history, economics, futurism, statistics, technology, etc.

  • Ammar Abdulhamid

    Syrian-American pro-democracy activist and analyst. Chief Governance and Policy Officer (the Parliamentarian) @WorldLibertyCongress. Views are my own. Reposts & Likes ≠ Endorsement.

  • Husain Maschinetchian

    Writer, Translator

  • Issam Fawaz

    Lebanese researcher in Marketing and communication, based in the UK. I explore how people and ideas move through communication, exploring why some stories persuade and others fade. I'm interested in Middle Eastern politics, and appalled by it .

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    Iram Ramzan is a journalist and commentator, with a focus on foreign affairs and social issues, particularly on British Muslims. Huge Bollywood fan. Co-host of the Taking The Myth podcast, an award-winning monthly sceptical show.

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    Research Fellow in Political Geography and Urban Studies at Yale University | Human Rights Defender

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    Condiment queen with the vibes of a Starter Jacket™.

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    Architect & culture journalist. I write about design, memory and the ways places tell stories — whether through a building, a street, or a craft on the verge of disappearing

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    Founder & Director of Shezomedia

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  • Olivia Cuthbert

    Senior writer at Middle East Uncovered, a publication of Ideas Beyond Borders. Journalist and photographer covering the MENA region

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    War/World Reporter. Author. Speaker. Mother. \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 www.HollieMcKay.com

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