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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

09/09/2025 By Juan Cole

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

09/09/2025 By Open Democracy

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The Lessons of World War I-- Don't Trust Hateful Politicians like Trump

The Lessons of World War I– Don’t Trust Hateful Politicians like Trump

Trump is in Paris to commemorate the end of World War I, about which he knows almost nothing. The outbreak of that war in 1914 […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi Parliamentarians Demand Timetable for US Troop Withdrawal

Iraqi Parliamentarians Demand Timetable for US Troop Withdrawal

Iraqi MP Ahmad Al-Assadi, senior leader of the Iraqi Construction Alliance, revealed on Friday parliamentarian moves to pressure the Iraqi government to evict US forces […]

Middle East Monitor

Veterans
Did Trump avoid Cemetery, dishonor Troops, b/c Rain would Muss his Hair (more)?

Did Trump avoid Cemetery, dishonor Troops, b/c Rain would Muss his Hair (more)?

by Francis CURTA and Clare BYRNE Paris (AFP) – US President Donald Trump came under fire on Saturday after cancelling a visit to an American […]

AFP

Saudi Arabia
Turkey’s Erdogan sends Audio of Khashoggi’s murder to Western Capitals

Turkey’s Erdogan sends Audio of Khashoggi’s murder to Western Capitals

by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi Ankara (AFP) – Turkey has shared recordings linked to the murder last month of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with Riyadh, Washington and other […]

AFP

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Yemen: Trump admin Further distances Self from Saudi-Led bombers

Yemen: Trump admin Further distances Self from Saudi-Led bombers

After Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave Saudi Arabia and its allies a month to start negotiations with the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Snipers Shoot 6 Children, 9 Women & 22 Other Unarmed Protesters in Gaza

Israeli Snipers Shoot 6 Children, 9 Women & 22 Other Unarmed Protesters in Gaza

Witnesses say paramedic, Filastin Qudeih was injured with a live bullet in her leg.

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Climate Crisis: Lady Gaga, Kardashians, & Thousands others Flee Wildfire in Malibu

Climate Crisis: Lady Gaga, Kardashians, & Thousands others Flee Wildfire in Malibu

Flames driven by hot Santa Ana winds gusting up to 80 kilometers per hour

TeleSur

Pollution
In Setback for Trump’s Imperial presidency, Judge halts Keystone XL Oil Pipeline

In Setback for Trump’s Imperial presidency, Judge halts Keystone XL Oil Pipeline

“An agency cannot simply disregard contrary or inconvenient factual determinations that it made in the past”

AFP

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15,549 Gun Homicides in US in 2017; 32 (160) in UK

15,549 Gun Homicides in US in 2017; 32 (160) in UK

Revised The mass shooting in a bar in California that left 12 dead was carried out by a Vet, making it doubly tragic. The United […]

Juan Cole

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