Staff

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Nizar al-Rifai

Nizar is a designer, the operations lead, and the liaison for Ukraine operations at OffBeat Research. He is an independent conflict researcher and open-source researcher with a focus on graphical and visual tools for data analysis. His work has covered conflicts in Lebanon, Syria, and now Ukraine, where he currently lives.

Noor Nahas

Noor is a co-founder, editor, and researcher at OffBeat Research. He is a researcher focused on open-source investigation, social media, and finding new ways of tracking global changes in the world using basic open-source tools. Noor has previously written for Bellingcat, trained teams and professionals on using OSINT, and worked with researchers and journalists to track and investigate major leads around the world. He can be followed on Twitter @NoorNahas1.

Jett Goldsmith

Jett is the co-founder, publisher, and managing editor of OffBeat Research. He is a civil society researcher, conflict analyst, and war crimes investigator whose work has focused on the nature of the Syrian state and various substate structures, the dynamics of conflict and wartime society in Syria, and the nature and impact of disinformation operations on digital and human ecosystems. He can be followed on Twitter @JettGoldsmith.