Jalaluddin Rumi (d. 1273) has sometimes been called “the Shakespeare of the East.” The comparison is just
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Israel is Sinking into the Abyss of Netanyahu’s Dictatorship
Pardoning Netanyahu for his high crimes and felonies would mean Israel acquiescing to a Bibi dictatorship
“With them the seed of Wisdom:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:28
And this was all the Harvest that I reap’d- “I came like Water, and like Wind I go.
Trump as Nero: The Bible Condemns Rich Predators, Not Poor Trans Lovers
Tacitus, shared how Nero “polluted himself by every lawful or lawless indulgence.”
How the pro-Palestine Movement is outsmarting the Algorithms
In response to censorship by Meta and other platforms, Palestinians have built an innovative new playbook of tactics to beat the algorithm
Peacemaker or Pirate of the Caribbean? Trump Celebrates Murder on the Open Seas
US forces hit the targeted boat once, then hit it again — the second strike vaporizing two shipwrecked survivors clinging to the wreckage
Review of ‘Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Road to Power in Syria’
The lightening rebel offensive that brought down five decades of the dictatorial rule of the Assad family, was a shock to many.
“If I must die”: Poetry from Gaza creates an alternative Archive of Testimony
In the era of 24-hour news cycles and never-ending scrolling, why does poetry in times of crisis still matter?
War, Peace, and Erasure: Lessons from Wakara for Gaza and Beyond
Long before Israelis invoked the bible erase a Palestinian homeland another colonizing people sought to remake a land in the image of their God
Climate Breakdown: Each Child Today is being Born into a Slow-Motion Hiroshima
The Trump administration announced a new plan to open 1.3 billion acres of coastal waters to new oil and gas drilling











