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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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“Those who Stood before the Tavern” – FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:3

“Those who Stood before the Tavern” – FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:3

Omar Khayyam Persian Poetry

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
As Netanyahu moves toward full Takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a Crisis of international Credibility

As Netanyahu moves toward full Takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a Crisis of international Credibility

By Amin Saikal, The University of Western Australia For all its claims of being a democracy that adheres to international law and the rules of […]

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On Occidental College’s Disciplining of Students Protesting Gaza

On Occidental College’s Disciplining of Students Protesting Gaza

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North Africa | – Letter to the administration of Occidental College about disciplinary proceedings against […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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War Crimes Then and Now: Hiroshima to Gaza

War Crimes Then and Now: Hiroshima to Gaza

This week marks 80 years since the United States used its nuclear weapons against the civilian population of Japan in August 1945. Prior to that, […]

Peter G. Prontzos

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Wildfire Season is starting Weeks earlier in California – a new Study shows how Climate Change is driving the Expansion

Wildfire Season is starting Weeks earlier in California – a new Study shows how Climate Change is driving the Expansion

By Gavin D. Madakumbura, University of California, Los Angeles and Alex Hall, University of California, Los Angeles (The Conversation) – Fire season is expanding in […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril (HRW)

Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril (HRW)

Israeli forces’ deadly attacks on schools sheltering Palestinian civilians highlight the absence of safe places for displaced people, the vast majority of Gaza’s population. Hundreds […]

Human Rights Watch

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We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown

We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Nuclear physicist Edward Teller predicted in 1959 that the risks of burning fossil fuels, by increasing carbon […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Omar Khayyam
“Awake my little ones and fill the Cup!” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:2

“Awake my little ones and fill the Cup!” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:2

Persian poetry of life and love

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

( Middle East Monitor ) – The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem released a comprehensive report on 27 July describing the Israeli war on Gaza […]

Ramzy Baroud

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