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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts
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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Lebanese Ministry of Energy has let three bids for new solar farms of 15 megawatts each, for a total […]

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

09/29/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

09/29/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Obama:  End terrorism like that in New York by Destroying ISIL in Mosul, Iraq

Obama: End terrorism like that in New York by Destroying ISIL in Mosul, Iraq

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama met yesterday with Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi and discussed the coming campaign to […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
Mr. Robot's Rami Malek: First Minority Awardee for Best Actor in a Drama in 18 Years

Mr. Robot’s Rami Malek: First Minority Awardee for Best Actor in a Drama in 18 Years

TeleSur | – – It took nearly two decades, but the the first [minority] actor to win an Emmy for the role of Best Actor […]

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Syria:  Are Russo-Iranian and US-Saudi interests converging enough for a Ceasefire?

Syria: Are Russo-Iranian and US-Saudi interests converging enough for a Ceasefire?

By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) The Syrian civil war is now in its sixth year, with occasional ceasefire deals made and violated by the […]

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Islam-hatred
Can Education for Tolerance help Muslim-Christian Relations in Europe?

Can Education for Tolerance help Muslim-Christian Relations in Europe?

By Rose Delaney | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, Sep 19 2016 (IPS) – Although 20 million Muslims reside in Western Europe, establishing […]

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Environment
5 Signs that Wind Power in the US is suddenly going Massive

5 Signs that Wind Power in the US is suddenly going Massive

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Iowa Utility Board has approved a $3 bn. MidAmerica wind farm project which will be […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Can Palestinians fight their Displacement with Oral History?

Can Palestinians fight their Displacement with Oral History?

By Thayer Hastings | (Al-Shabaka) | Ma’an News Agency | – – Oral history has a long precedent in Arab and Palestinian culture that stems […]

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Islam
The myth and history of Sunni-Shia divide

The myth and history of Sunni-Shia divide

By Amir Ahmadi Arian | ( OpenDemocracy ) | – – Sunnis and Shias have lived together in peace for centuries, and up to the […]

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Domestic Terrorism
Dear Generation Z: So sorry for bequeathing to you terrorism hysteria and all those Wars

Dear Generation Z: So sorry for bequeathing to you terrorism hysteria and all those Wars

By Peter Van Buren | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – I recently sent my last kid off for her senior year of college. There are […]

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Trump's Behavior like Male Chimp Dominance Ritual: Jane Goodall

Trump’s Behavior like Male Chimp Dominance Ritual: Jane Goodall

TeleSur | – – Chimpanzees throw rocks and cans at their rivals as “dominance rituals,” Goodall said, which in many ways reminds her of Donald […]

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