The best Middle East Politics newsletters

Kulna is an independent, member-supported editorial platform offering long-form analysis of power, resistance and political transition, with a focus on the Middle East and Palestine. Readers get structural analysis of current events, plus community updates and tributes.

A newsletter by a Middle East political scientist covering regional politics, the academic field, and the Middle East Political Science Podcast. Readers get book discussions, event notes, and analysis of topics such as Iraqi militias, Yemen, Sudan, and US regional strategy.

Exiled Notes is a personal essay newsletter by Mohammed R Mhawish about displacement, memory and the politics shaping Palestinian lives, with lyrical, first-person pieces and political analysis of the Gaza situation. Readers get a Palestinian perspective on exile, survival and the regional fallout of the Iran war for Gaza.

A personal literary newsletter by Arance e Fucili that combines essays on Palestinian writers such as Ghassan Kanafani and Mahmoud Darwish with occasional Italian prose pieces. It suits readers interested in resistance literature, Palestinian identity and exile, and Arabic and Mediterranean letters.

Jewish Onliner publishes investigative reporting and reports on issues affecting the Jewish community, including foreign influence in schools, advocacy groups, and extremism-linked speakers at events. Readers get sourced summaries of recent think-tank and academic reports, framed around a clear pro-Israel perspective.

Updates from MERIP, an independent publication covering the Middle East, including board announcements, podcast episodes featuring authors from Middle East Report, and fundraising news. Readers get a view into the organization and pointers to its critical analysis of the region.

Long-form essays by an ex-Muslim writer and social critic who advocates blunt criticism of Islam and Muslims, covering Middle East geopolitics and Western responses to jihadist attacks. The publication recently moved from its own website to Substack, with plans to add podcasts and livestreams.

Future of Jewish is a newsletter on Judaism and Israel, with recent issues focused on European protests and the politics around them. The excerpts are short, opinionated headlines and blurbs that mostly promote the newsletter's mission and invite support rather than offering developed analysis.

Polemical commentary on West Asian geopolitics, war and empire, written from an openly anti-Western, pro-resistance standpoint with satire and verse. Readers get a strongly partisan interpretation of current conflicts rather than reported news.