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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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Islam-hatred
This is America!  Man Facing Jail For Ripping Veil Off Muslim Woman

This is America! Man Facing Jail For Ripping Veil Off Muslim Woman

Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “A man in North Carolina has pleaded guilty to ripping a […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Give Syria’s Survivors a Voice

Give Syria’s Survivors a Voice

By Hadeel al-Shalchi | ( Human Rights Watch ) | – – Twelve days ago Fatema Qaitani, a 35-year-old mother of four, was sitting in […]

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Entertainment
Why does Iran fear Kim Kardashian is a 007 Targeting Tehran?

Why does Iran fear Kim Kardashian is a 007 Targeting Tehran?

Joya Mia Italiano and Elliot Hill | (TheLipTV2 Video Report) | – – “Iranian officials have reportedly accused Kim Kardashian West of working for Instagram […]

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Authoritarianism
What Next for Turkey After President's Power Play?

What Next for Turkey After President’s Power Play?

By Efe Kerem Sozer | (GlobalVoices.org) | – – Ahmet Davutoglu was disliked by many in Turkey. [Even after] he step[pped] down as Turkey's Prime […]

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Featured
Can Iran sue the US for Coup & supporting Saddam in Iran-Iraq War?

Can Iran sue the US for Coup & supporting Saddam in Iran-Iraq War?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iranian members of parliament have approved the details of a bill that insists US compensate Iran […]

Juan Cole

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Middle East – The Mother of All Humanitarian Crises

Middle East – The Mother of All Humanitarian Crises

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, May 16 2016 (IPS) – When, in March 2015, delegates from the Middle East […]

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Colonialism
Architects of Failure: 100 years of Sykes-Picot

Architects of Failure: 100 years of Sykes-Picot

By Akil N. Awan | ( History Today) | – – How an agreement signed in 1916 became shorthand for western treachery, greed and the […]

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Israel/ Palestine
PCBS: “Israel Controls More than 85% of the Land of Historical Palestine”

PCBS: “Israel Controls More than 85% of the Land of Historical Palestine”

By Saed Bannoura | PCBS/ IMEMC | – – Excerpted for IC This is a special statistical bulletin by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics […]

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British PM Cameron's tiff with Trump over Muslims: The Hypocrisy Factor

British PM Cameron’s tiff with Trump over Muslims: The Hypocrisy Factor

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – When Donald Trump announced his monstrous and yet daffy plan to exlude Muslims from the United […]

Juan Cole

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