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It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:  Sanjay Gupta on the New Neurobiology of Pain
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It Doesn’t Have to Hurt: Sanjay Gupta on the New Neurobiology of Pain

Richard Penaskovic

Review of Sanjay Gupta, It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:Your Smart Guide to a Pain-free Life. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2025), $30.00. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, […]

“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:17

“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:17

10/04/2025 By Juan Cole

Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

10/04/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
1,451 War Crimes:  Ashrawi Condemns new Squatter Housing as Israeli Settler Colonialism

1,451 War Crimes: Ashrawi Condemns new Squatter Housing as Israeli Settler Colonialism

The enormity and severity of the situation and Israel’s deliberate efforts to displace Palestine and replace it with “Greater Israel”

Maan News Agency

Books
Amos Oz, Renowned Israeli Novelist and Critic of Expansionist Right, Dies at 79

Amos Oz, Renowned Israeli Novelist and Critic of Expansionist Right, Dies at 79

Jerusalem | AFP | – Amos Oz, who died of cancer Friday aged 79, was a celebrated Israeli novelist and passionate peace advocate whose stirring […]

AFP

Afghanistan
With Trump Ready to Leave Afghanistan, can Qatar Broker a Peace?

With Trump Ready to Leave Afghanistan, can Qatar Broker a Peace?

Qatar has helped the country with small-scale developmental and education projects

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Abandoned by Trump, Syrian Kurds frantically turn to Moscow for Protection from Turkey

Abandoned by Trump, Syrian Kurds frantically turn to Moscow for Protection from Turkey

Anton Lavrov, a military analyst, writes in the pro-Putin Russian newspaper Izvestia that the withdrawal of US troops from northeast Syria will mainly affect the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Banking Giant HSBC Divests from Israel Arms Manufacturer

Banking Giant HSBC Divests from Israel Arms Manufacturer

Last month the University of Leeds made the decision to divest from three companies which were found to be complicit in the violation of Palestinian human rights

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change
$100 Bn.: Cost in 2018 of Climate Crisis Caused by Burning Fossil Fuels

$100 Bn.: Cost in 2018 of Climate Crisis Caused by Burning Fossil Fuels

2018 saw at least one major climate-induced disaster on every inhabited continent on Earth. Climate change-induced disasters cost nations at least US$100 billion in 2018, […]

TeleSur

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Vows to Block Palestine Bid to Become Full UN Member

Israel Vows to Block Palestine Bid to Become Full UN Member

Likud Government insists Palestinians must remain Stateless

AFP

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Shiite Parties Decry Trump's 'Arrogant' and 'Disdainful' Visit to Iraq, Ignoring Iraqis

Shiite Parties Decry Trump’s ‘Arrogant’ and ‘Disdainful’ Visit to Iraq, Ignoring Iraqis

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s surprise visit to a US military base in Iraq on the day after Christmas has provoked a strong critique […]

Juan Cole

Qur'an
Glowing NY Times Review of Cole’s ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace’

Glowing NY Times Review of Cole’s ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace’

There is a more uplifting image of the Prophet Muhammad, waiting to be discovered not just by non-Muslims, but also many Muslims themselves

Juan Cole

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