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No, ancient Hebrew Slaves didn’t Build the Giza Pyramids
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No, ancient Hebrew Slaves didn’t Build the Giza Pyramids

Juan Cole

As for Israelites, there is no archeological evidence of them being in Egypt, much less being enslaved.

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Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA (Ma’an) — The unemployment among women in the Gaza Strip has reached more than 60 percent, a women’s […]

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Will Syrian Kurds defeat ISIL , helping Democrats win White House in 2016?

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Bad news came out of Syria for Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) on two fronts Friday: Aleppo and, […]

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Iran:  Poet of Gender Discrimination flees Lashes, 11.5 Year Sentence

Iran: Poet of Gender Discrimination flees Lashes, 11.5 Year Sentence

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How the FBI is endangering everyone’s Security to get at one iPhone

By Joseph Bonneau | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – The legal dispute between Apple and the FBI might prove pivotal in the long-running […]

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Why Trump's tiff with the Pope endangers his Political Future

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Billionaire bigot Donald Trump’s tiff with Pope Francis continued on Thursday, though Trump appears to have […]

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No, it isn’t all one Thing: The Variety of Religious Experience in Islam

By Aaron W. Hughes | (The Conversation) | – – The rise of Islamic State has led to much speculation about the group’s origins: how […]

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