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For Christmas: Jesus’ Life-Giving Breath and Persian Love Poetry
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For Christmas: Jesus’ Life-Giving Breath and Persian Love Poetry

Juan Cole

Muslim mystics such as Rumi, Attar and other Sufi writers often referred to Jesus as a symbol of spirituality and love.

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Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Sally Kornbluth President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sally.kornbluth@mit.edu . . .   Dear President […]

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( Tomdispatch.com ) – The world is in danger, mind-numbingly so, from a combination of crises: disease, hunger, mass displacement, racial and economic inequality, war […]

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As Trump Shutters US Offshore Wind, Asia’s Renewables Promise Cheaper Manufacturing, Trade Surpluses

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump has halted the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from granting new offshore wind licenses. This move will gut the […]

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In Breaking USAID, the Trump Administration May Have Broken the Law

In Breaking USAID, the Trump Administration May Have Broken the Law

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Brett Murphy | – ( ProPublica ) – It was the week President Donald Trump had signed a sweeping executive […]

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Emory University’s Shocking Suspension of Umaymah Mohammad for Exercising her Right to Free Speech on Palestine

Gregory L. Fenves  President, Emory University  president@emory.edu Dear President Fenves:    We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) […]

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Demonic Duo Trump and Musk Detonate a Blast Wave at US Foreign Aid, Harming Millions

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – Too lazy to bother with the laborious process of democracy, President Trump bestowed power onto the maniacal zealot […]

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Palestinians have long resisted Resettlement – Trump’s Plan to ‘Clean Out’ Gaza won’t Change that

Palestinians have long resisted Resettlement – Trump’s Plan to ‘Clean Out’ Gaza won’t Change that

By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona (The Conversation) – President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. should “take over” Gaza, displace its current population and […]

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Why not Welcome Israelis to US and Europe instead of Exiling Unwilling Palestinians to Saudi Arabia?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Egyptian Foreign Ministry forcefully denounced on Saturday the remarks of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling for the establishment […]

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