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Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard
Abbasid Empire

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Northeastern England fell to the Vikings in 865, and they held it for several decades. They not only had what […]

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

08/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

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Israel and Hezbollah step Back from War, but for how Long? All eyes are now on Iran’s next Move

Israel and Hezbollah step Back from War, but for how Long? All eyes are now on Iran’s next Move

By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – For weeks, Israel had been anticipating a major attack from Hezbollah in retaliation for […]

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Israel: Palestinian Healthcare Workers Tortured

Israel: Palestinian Healthcare Workers Tortured

Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem) – Israeli forces have arbitrarily detained Palestinian healthcare workers in Gaza since hostilities began in October 2023, deported them to detention facilities […]

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What would America be Like if it was Like Gaza?

What would America be Like if it was Like Gaza?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – What would America be like if it was like Gaza? On October 8, 2023, the Alien invasion long feared by […]

Juan Cole

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The Verse “Hear O Israel” is Common to Judaism and Islam

The Verse “Hear O Israel” is Common to Judaism and Islam

( The Times of Israel) – This Shabbat we read the second paragraph of the Shema, and last week we read the first paragraph which […]

Shamai Leibowitz

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We, alumni recipients of the MLK Spirit Award, return our awards and urge the University to divest

We, alumni recipients of the MLK Spirit Award, return our awards and urge the University to divest

By Anna Dang and 65 other MLK Spirit Award Recipients | – ( Michigan Daily ) – We, the undersigned, are alumni recipients of the […]

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We Humans are embedded in a Web of Intelligent Life, not the Pinnacle of a Hierarchy

We Humans are embedded in a Web of Intelligent Life, not the Pinnacle of a Hierarchy

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – From the largest to the smallest and the oldest to the youngest creatures on Earth–Antarctic blue whales […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
Life in Gaza is even Harder than it appears on Screen: The Struggles of Daily Life

Life in Gaza is even Harder than it appears on Screen: The Struggles of Daily Life

Written byUntoldMag   Photo by Issam Hajjaj, illustrated by Zena El Abdallah, used with permission. This story was written by Issam Hani Hajjaj and originally […]

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From the Front Lines of Nonviolence in Palestine

From the Front Lines of Nonviolence in Palestine

Nonviolence Radio A conversation from the frontlines of nonviolence in Palestine Meet Palestinian-American activist Amira Musallam. She is resisting eviction from her family’s land by […]

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Palestinian Baby in Gaza Paralyzed by Polio, as Israel Rejects UN Ceasefire Call to allow Vaccinations

Palestinian Baby in Gaza Paralyzed by Polio, as Israel Rejects UN Ceasefire Call to allow Vaccinations

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Julian Borger at The Guardian reports that the first verified case of type 2 poliovirus in 25 years in Gaza, […]

Juan Cole

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