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Norman is a writer and commentator whom I have followed for a long time. One does not always need to agree with him to respect the acuity and boldness of his analysis.

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R E | G U L F

By Jean Hippolyte FEILDEL

Your CEO brief to business and politics in the GCC

Anan Sahadei

We are witnesses. Witnessing is a responsibility. This is my attempt to meet that responsibility.

Zeteo

By Mehdi Hasan

Zeteo is a new media organization that seeks to answer the questions that really matter, while always striving for the truth. Founded by Mehdi Hasan, Zeteo is a movement for media accountability, unfiltered news and bold opinions.

Mehdi Hasan is an icon of unvarnished, let-the-chips-fall-where-they-fall reporting and hard-hitting interviews

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The Raspberry Patch

By Adam Garfinkle

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Dembowski Ermittelt

By Dietfried Dembowski

Dietfried Dembowski ist nach zurück. Daten-Guru Justin Hagenberg-Scholz hat gerufen und der mehrfache Ermittler des Jahres musste nicht lange überlegen. Sie müssen erst den Fußball und dann die Welt retten. Keine leichte Aufgabe für unsere Helden.

An Easy Read

By Eric Berger

Eric Berger's writing about music, sports and anything else that starts cooking in his head that he wants to get out before it burns like the chicken he threw away last night.

Caroline’s Club Newsletter

By Caroline Garnham

Welcome to Caroline's Club Newsletter. We aim to promote leading private client practitioners through blogs and podcasts on 'How to Keep Your Money'

Simon’s Substack

By Simon Gwyn Roberts

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{P}rescriptions for Life

By Arjun Rajagopalan

{P}rescriptions For Health, Wellness, Productivity & Living the Examined Life

Nathaniel’s Substack

By Nathaniel Smith

My personal Substack

International Religion News Roundup

By Religion Unplugged

An international news roundup from ReligonUnplugged.com

Ethan D. Chorin

By Ethan Chorin's Substack

Providing nuanced context on current Middle East conflicts and cultures - with a dose of dog.

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A substack by Paul Salem

My Favorite Classical Music

By Vitaliy Katsenelson

Thursday highlights about a classical piece or composer along with Saturday classical picks for a beautiful start to your weekend.

Talat’s Substack

By Talat Hussain

Commentary on political and international affairs with a special focus on Pakistan.

Talat must read insights on Pakistan

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3arabawy

By Hossam el-Hamalawy

Commentary (mostly) on Egypt

Namrata’s Substack

By Namrata Goswami

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Navigating the Vortex

Big-picture geopolitical and geoeconomic commentary with an ethical compass.

Arthur’s Substack

By Arthur Dudney

My unpublished writing on things that interest me, which include cultural heritage (and how to preserve it), literature from around the world, the uses and abuses of history... and Sci-Fi and Fantasy.

AsianStories

By Teresita Cruz Del Rosario

Asian Stories take the reader on an exhilarating exploration of Asia. The stories project a continent of wild imaginings built around families, clans, and lineages all bound by tradition, yet involve new beginnings. Join me. Let's reimagine Asia.

Written by a wordsmith with a wonderful pen and a knack for detail, Asian Stories promises readers a colorful journey across a multicultural, multiethnic and multireligious continent that is exploding culturally, socially, politically and economically.

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Sports Politika

By Karim Zidan

Founded by Karim Zidan, Sports Politika is a media venture at the intersection of sports, power and politics. Unfiltered news, investigative reporting, and unique perspectives.

Endless History

By Khurram Aziz

Geo-political dialectics and class struggle.

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Your hub for all Southeast Asia militancy and armed conflict news and analysis founded and edited by Malaysian journalist Zam Yusa.

Amiruddin’s Substack

By Amiruddin Mughal

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Mohamed El-Doufani's Substack

News, Insight and Analysis of World Politics

Seymour Hersh

It's worse than you think

Belly Dancer in the Kitchen with Anissa Helou

I write about food mostly but I will occasionally stray into belly dance territory 😊

Middle East Space Monitor by AzurX

Monitoring and analysing all space and satellite activities in the Greater Middle East

John Sheldon shines a spotlight on space, an underreported yet increasingly important element of economic and scientific development as well as competition in the Middle East. His Middle East Space Monitor provides an unrivalled resource.

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Ahsan’s Substack

By Ahsan Ali

Pitching political ideas and rotating dynamics of the world

Tarkiz - Uma newsletter sobre o Oriente Médio

By José Antonio Lima

Publicação focada nas relações internacionais do Oriente Médio

Adnan Aamir

Journalist, Researcher, Editor, Commentator!

These Are the True Things

By Naghmeh Sohrabi

I'm an historian who writes about politics, history, and culture of Iran and the Middle East. Also about television, books, and whatever catches my fancy.

Tom Griffin on intelligence history

Intelligence history profiles with a focus on the US, UK and Ireland.

Rethinking Islam

By Mustafa Akyol

Islam, liberalism, religious freedom, revelation, reason

McFaul's World

By Michael McFaul

Analyzing the fight between democrats and autocrats around the world. Cheering for the democrats to win.

Laurent’s Newsletter

By Laurent Dubois

Banjos, Democracy, Haiti & Soccer (not necessarily in that order)

Eye on Kurdistan

By Mohammed A. Salih

Politics, Media, and Culture of Kurdistan and Beyond

Mohammed Salih is a keen and well-informed observer and analyst of the Kurds whose analysis is always a must read

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Yasser’s Newsletter

By Yasser Latif Hamdani

History, Law and Politics

Bert’s Newsletter

By Bert Hofman

China. Asia, Development, Economics

Matthew's Notebook

By Matthew Petti

Observations on history, society, and the media from an American journalist who lived in the Middle East.

Matthew has an offbeat approach that is always interesting

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Shadi Hamid

A newsletter committed to exploring how and why democracy produces "bad" outcomes—and what to do about it. And other things that may or may not be completely unrelated to that.

Drezner’s World

By Daniel W. Drezner

A bunch of unedited stuff about international relations, American politics, political economy, the marketplace of ideas, and popular culture written by this Drezner guy

The Public Pashkevil

By Ariel The Hebrew

Musings on religion, politics, current events, and sometimes all three.

The Belletrist

By THE BELLETRIST

This is The Belletrist, a newsletter about art, literature, poetry, politics and culture. Subscribe if you are looking for good writing.

Fallout

By Dustin Du Cane

Tales from the urban fringe of history, war, law and politics. Always be Antifascisting.

God of the Desert Books

By David Swindle 🟦

We are a Zionist book publisher releasing nonfiction, novels, and poetry. Our Substack features Zionist articles, cultural essays, art, audio podcasts and other assorted experiments from a diverse group of writers.

Not all doom

By Arthur Snell

Geopolitics, history and mountains.

Abu Aardvark's MENA Academy

By Marc Lynch

Everything MENA Political Science and Politics

Notes from the End of Time with Kenaz Filan

History, Politics, Religion, Philosophy, and Culture while the barbarians gather outside the gates. The fires will be coming soon. Violins not provided.

The Chris Hedges Report

By Chris Hedges

Covering US foreign policy, economic realities, and civil liberties in American society.

The Daily Fishwrap

By Alan Dawson

Curating news from Bangkok and the rest of the global village.

Comment is Freed

By Sam Freedman

Politics, policy analysis, and foreign affairs from Sam and Lawrence Freedman

It's Called Soccer

By Jake Landau

Call it soccer, call it football, call it whatever. Jake is a UEFA Licensed coach with expert analysis, insider insights, and a healthy dose of humor that makes this the go-to destination for all things soccer.

Globe Trot

By Mindy Belz

news you can use from around the world

Mindy Belz offers a fresh and incisive perspective

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A Pisgah Site

By Ehud Neor

Writing from Israel about Israel, Judaism, and Antisemitism, and drawing closer to the Creator. And coming to terms with unrealized dreams.

Militant Wire

The Hashempost

By Ali Hashem علي هاشم

Your latest from the field

The Blood-Rep

By Tam Hussein

Stories and analysis on security, jihadism and militant groups by investigative journalist Tam Hussein

Politics, News, Novels and More

By MJ Javani

A mix of political analysis and literary entertainment

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

By Céline Gounder

Quality coverage from one of the world's top soccer journalists

Eight by Seven

By Timothy Burke

Organized distractedness: regular doses of history, politics, photography, cooking, academia and geek culture.

Religion Unplugged’s Week in Headlines

Latest news and opinion from our site

Murtaza Hussain

Book reviews, interviews, and social commentary.

Insightful and thought provoking

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Murray Hunter

A review of issues within SE Asia, from both my past and contemporary writing

This is an incisive and insightful column on all things Malaysia

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In This Moment: A Rabbi's Notebook

By Rabbi Joshua Hammerman

A Mensch's Guide to Life

An insightful glimpse into Jewish life

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Turkey recap

The independent, reader-supported newsletter on Turkish politics & foreign affairs. Pun-tification included.

The Liberal Patriot

By John Halpin

Political and policy analysis from the vital center.

IDEAS by Matt Nisbet

By Matthew C. Nisbet

Research, analysis, and discussion about science, technology & environmental politics, communication, journalism, public philosophy, democratic culture, and civic life.

Chartbook

By Adam Tooze

A newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history from Adam Tooze. More substantial than the twitter feed. More freewheeling than what you might read from me in FT, Foreign Policy, New Statesman.

The Honest Broker

By Roger Pielke Jr.

Making sense of science, policy and politics

The Beinart Notebook

By Peter Beinart

A conversation about American foreign policy, Palestinian freedom and the Jewish people.

Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning

Conversations on genetics, history, politics, books, culture and evolution

Sa'alouni El Nas

By Danny

Digital music zine contextualizing the music scene in the Middle East, North Africa, and the diaspora. Coming soon.

SpyTalk

By Jeff Stein

Intelligence for Thinking People

Interested in intelligence matters? Jeff Stein's Spytalk on Substack is the place to go for well-researched, well-informed analysis on the world of intelligence,

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Middle East Finance Weekly Newsletter

By Dr Atie J El Mouallem

An ideal resource for anyone interested in staying informed and up to date with the Middle East Financial News, whether they are a finance professional or just looking to stay informed.

The Ask Newsletter — by Ellen Donnelly

Guidance to empower you in your entrepreneurial path.

The Muslim Review

By The Dragoman

Anglophone Muslim discourse analysis. By Dragoman and friends.

The Intellectual Investor

By Vitaliy Katsenelson

Value Investing, Life/Philosophy and Classical Music Explained

The Cosmopolitan Globalist

By Claire Berlinski

Edited by essayist Claire Berlinski, this is Substack's top forum for the discussion of international news among readers and writers, around the world, who are concerned about the future of liberal democracy and the gathering storm of global war.