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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (273) “Do good, and cast it upon the waters”

Omar Khayyam (273) “Do good, and cast it upon the waters”

Juan Cole

My sweetheart —            may she live as long  as my heartbreak —         today began her kindnesses               anew.    She locked eyes with me                for an instant,          then was gone–  […]

Israel/ Palestine
Annals of Settler Colonialism (5): German Namibia #savagesunite

Annals of Settler Colonialism (5): German Namibia #savagesunite

Juan Cole

The German settlers and authorities round up 13,000 of the remaining Herero. They put them in concentration camps, where 4,000 died of mistreatment. Almost all of the Herero were now in camps. Although the Israelis do have large prison camps where they hold thousands of Palestinians for engaging in resistance to Occupation, they haven’t put […]

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