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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy
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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – How much are women and girls–half of humanity–valued?  When men violate us for sex in prostitution.  When […]

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

10/05/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

10/05/2025 By The Conversation

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Bashar al-Assad
Syria Truce holds, despite questions on Humanitarian Aid

Syria Truce holds, despite questions on Humanitarian Aid

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The London pan-Arab daily al-Quds al-`Arabi reports that the truce that began Monday night held during […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
End of the 'Caliphate' in Iraq?  After Qayyarah, Mosul hangs in the Balance

End of the ‘Caliphate’ in Iraq? After Qayyarah, Mosul hangs in the Balance

Special Correspondent | (Niqash.org) | – – The liberation of the northern Iraqi town of Qayyarah from the [so-called] Islamic State group [IS] is a […]

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Free Syrian Army
As Truce Starts, Russia Tells Free Syrian Army to Stop Fighting Kurds

As Truce Starts, Russia Tells Free Syrian Army to Stop Fighting Kurds

TeleSur | – – Moscow added it would continue its own air strikes against the Islamic State group and the militants formerly known as the […]

contributors

Afghanistan
What did we buy with the $5 Trillion that the Iraq & Afghanistan Wars have cost us?

What did we buy with the $5 Trillion that the Iraq & Afghanistan Wars have cost us?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A Boston U. political scientist estimates that as of 2016, The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars have […]

Juan Cole

Books
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 […]

contributors

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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

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