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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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A Nomad Between Worlds:  Badawi

A Nomad Between Worlds: Badawi

By Erdağ Göknar | (Los Angeles Review of Books) | – – MOHED ALTRAD’S DEBUT NOVEL Badawi begins in the Cold War–era Middle East, where […]

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Dissent
Shadows of Plutocracy darken over our Democracy in this Election

Shadows of Plutocracy darken over our Democracy in this Election

By Bill Moyers | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Sixty-six years ago this summer, on my 16th birthday, I went to work for the […]

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Millenarianism
The Millenarian Dimensions of the Attempted Coup in Turkey and implications for Muslim Modernism & Traditionalism

The Millenarian Dimensions of the Attempted Coup in Turkey and implications for Muslim Modernism & Traditionalism

By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | – – The failed July 15 coup in Turkey has generated a whole range of debates on who […]

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Iran and Hizbullah Welcome Kerry-Lavrov Syria Ceasefire

Iran and Hizbullah Welcome Kerry-Lavrov Syria Ceasefire

Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Hizbullah, the national guard for South Lebanon, announced Saturday that it supports the agreement on a truce […]

Juan Cole

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15 Years after 9/11, can we Recover our Republic?

15 Years after 9/11, can we Recover our Republic?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Founding Fathers thought keeping a standing army was a danger to democracy. The great wars […]

Juan Cole

Islam
What's The Hajj About, Anyway?

What’s The Hajj About, Anyway?

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “The Hajj: It’s one of the biggest gatherings in the world, with millions of Muslims from everywhere making […]

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Iraq
Can ISIL survive scenes of Sunni Muslims celebrating their Liberation from it?

Can ISIL survive scenes of Sunni Muslims celebrating their Liberation from it?

By James Miller | ( RFE/RL) What a difference a month makes.  At the start of August, the extremist group that calls itself Islamic State […]

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al-Qaeda
9/11 after 15 years:  We're Still in the Middle of a guerrilla Air War

9/11 after 15 years: We’re Still in the Middle of a guerrilla Air War

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – On the morning of September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda launched its four-plane air force against the United States. […]

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US and Russia plan Joint Air Command to hit Terrorists in Syria

US and Russia plan Joint Air Command to hit Terrorists in Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Pentagon isn’t going to be happy about this. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian […]

Juan Cole

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