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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

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Bomb Found at NY Home of Entrepreneur Soros after Trump attacked Him

Bomb Found at NY Home of Entrepreneur Soros after Trump attacked Him

New York (AFP) – The FBI on Tuesday was investigating an explosive device found in the mailbox at the New York home of US billionaire […]

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Erdogan Intimates Saudi Crown Prince to Blame for Khashoggi Murder

Erdogan Intimates Saudi Crown Prince to Blame for Khashoggi Murder

By Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi with Gokan Gunes in Istanbul | – Ankara (AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s key speech on the murder of journalist Jamal […]

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Does Turkey Aim to unseat Saudi Crown Prince MBS via Khashoggi Affair?

Does Turkey Aim to unseat Saudi Crown Prince MBS via Khashoggi Affair?

Turkey columnist: Jared Kushner, UAE crown prince Bin Salman made up a ‘devils triangle’

Juan Cole

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No Dissent Allowed: United Arab Emirates Jails Western Ph.D. Researcher

No Dissent Allowed: United Arab Emirates Jails Western Ph.D. Researcher

Matthew Hedges’ Arrest exposes the extreme limits on academic freedom in the United Arab Emirates

The Conversation

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MESA Letter Defending Lucy Peterson, Grad, in her Boycott of Israel

MESA Letter Defending Lucy Peterson, Grad, in her Boycott of Israel

Via Middle East Studies Association Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) 3542 N Geronimo Ave Tucson AZ 85705 (USA) 520-333-2577 520-207-3166 fax Website […]

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Fearful Saudi Dissidents: Gov’t Tried to Lure us to Embassies, Too

Fearful Saudi Dissidents: Gov’t Tried to Lure us to Embassies, Too

Washington (AFP) – The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has sent a chill through exiled dissidents, with many revealing discreet government attempts to lure […]

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Saudi Arabia
Was Saudi Arabia's Assassination inspired by N. Korea, Israel, Russia or US?

Was Saudi Arabia’s Assassination inspired by N. Korea, Israel, Russia or US?

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – Saudi Arabia’s apparent assassination of Jamal Khashoggi might have taken inspiration from Russia and North Korea — or Israel and […]

John Feffer

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Germany halts arms Sales to Riyadh, as Investors sell $1 bn in Saudi Stocks

Germany halts arms Sales to Riyadh, as Investors sell $1 bn in Saudi Stocks

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that Germany would put arms sales to Saudi Arabia on hold in light […]

Juan Cole

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Turkey Vows to Reveal ‘Naked Truth’ over Khashoggi Death

Turkey Vows to Reveal ‘Naked Truth’ over Khashoggi Death

by Fulya Ozerkan with Brian Knowlton in Washington and Joe Jackson in London | – Istanbul (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday […]

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