Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
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Gianna Toboni’s Cycle of Terror Debrief (VICE on HBO)
A brief report on western views towards Muslims and Islam following the Paris attacks
As Syrian Army advances East of Aleppo, ISIL strikes back with Bombings that kill 140
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) said Sunday that it was behind the horrific bombings that struck Shiites in […]
Two Children Die Every Day Trying to Cross the Mediterranean
TeleSur | – – Children make up 36 percent of the those making the perilous migration journey across the sea, often to flee conflicts. As […]
Can Morocco Create a New Middle East through Green Energy?
By Moha Ennaji | ( Project Syndicate) | – – FEZ – The global oil-price bust has devastated economies across the Middle East and North […]
Afghanistan: Washington’s Twenty-First-Century Opium Wars
By Alfred McCoy | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – In October 2001, the U.S. launched its invasion of Afghanistan largely through proxy Afghan fighters […]
Israeli forces demolish sole school in Bedouin community
Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Sunday demolished a Bedouin school for children in the Abu al-Nuwaar community near […]
Spirit and Sensuality in the mystical Sufi poetry of Rumi
By Nesreen Akhtarkhavari and Anthony A. Lee, Translators | (Informed Comment) | – – The poems of Rumi, the thirteenth-century teacher, scholar, and poet known […]
Trump’s SC Victory and anti-Muslim Hatred
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Billionaire bigot Donald Trump won the South Carolina primary Saturday with about 32.5 percent of the […]
Trumpism & Europe’s Refugees: Poland says it cannot coexist ‘with Middle East people’
By Sarantis Michalopoulos | ( EurActiv.com) A dispute over how to shelter 160,000 refugees in Europe got deeper today when Poland said its population is […]
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