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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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Is Trump Sign or Cause of US Imperial Meltdown?

Is Trump Sign or Cause of US Imperial Meltdown?

By Alfred W. McCoy | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – The superhighway to disaster is already being paved. From Donald Trump’s first days in […]

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Authoritarianism
Turkey: Erdogan Marks Coup anniversary with more Crackdowns

Turkey: Erdogan Marks Coup anniversary with more Crackdowns

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey commemorated on Saturday the anniversary of the failed coup in that […]

Juan Cole

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Brain Fitness:  Why you're losing out if you're not Learning another Language

Brain Fitness: Why you’re losing out if you’re not Learning another Language

By Gaia Vince | ( Mosaic: The Science of Life) | – – Why being bilingual helps keep your brain fit Most people in the […]

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Arab Americans
Federal Judge strikes down Granny Exclusion in Trump's Muslim Ban 2.0

Federal Judge strikes down Granny Exclusion in Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0

By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org)) | – – Judge writes that “the Government’s definition [of ‘close familial relationship’] represents the antithesis of […]

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Green Energy
For Clean, Cheap Energy, Cities & Counties should Take Over

For Clean, Cheap Energy, Cities & Counties should Take Over

By Sarah van Gelder | ( Yes! Magazine ) | – – A new report finds public ownership is the best way for cities and […]

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25% of Australian Homes have gone Solar and other Green Triumphs this Week

25% of Australian Homes have gone Solar and other Green Triumphs this Week

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Renewables continue to take the world by storm, which is good news for the climate. Because […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Human Rights Defenders Are Still Behind Bars in Turkey

Human Rights Defenders Are Still Behind Bars in Turkey

By Zara Rahman | ( GlobalVoices.org) | – – Eight of Turkey’s most respected human rights defenders were arrested last week, along with two information […]

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Authoritarianism
Saudi Bloc:  Qatar's Al Jazeera can Stay, it Just has to Report as We Say

Saudi Bloc: Qatar’s Al Jazeera can Stay, it Just has to Report as We Say

TeleSur | – – Al Jazeera said it rejects any “external intervention” and reiterates its “independence and professional editorial stance.” The four Arab countries currently […]

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Corruption
Who are the Trumps' Russian Fixers?  Meet Rinat Akhmetshin

Who are the Trumps’ Russian Fixers? Meet Rinat Akhmetshin

By Mike Eckel | ( RFE/RL) | – – WASHINGTON — As recently as last year, Rinat Akhmetshin could be seen regularly pedaling through downtown […]

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