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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Five years on, Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution continues from the ground up

Five years on, Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution continues from the ground up

By Adnan Saif | (The Conversation) | – – Tunisians are marking five years since the culmination of their “Jasmine Revolution”. Since its longtime authoritarian […]

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Barack Obama
Americans more likely to get hit by Lightning than Terrorism, but 51% Fear It

Americans more likely to get hit by Lightning than Terrorism, but 51% Fear It

By Peter Certo | (Foreign Policy In Focus) | – – One in 3.5 million: That’s your annual risk of dying from a terrorist attack […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Swedish FM: Israel Extrajudicial killings;  Netanyahu: OK to Kill Assailants

Swedish FM: Israel Extrajudicial killings; Netanyahu: OK to Kill Assailants

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday waded into a growing row over a call by […]

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Noam Chomsky slams Turkish Pres. Erdogan for Arresting Academics, supporting Extremism

Noam Chomsky slams Turkish Pres. Erdogan for Arresting Academics, supporting Extremism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Matthew Weaver of the Guardian reports retired MIT linguist Noam Chomsky’s reply to a personal attack […]

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War Talk, Jingoism and White Supremacy at GOP Debate

War Talk, Jingoism and White Supremacy at GOP Debate

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The GOP presidential debate last night veered even further right on international issues, given the absence […]

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Assyrians
For Iraqi Minorities, 'Immigration No Longer A Choice, It's Inevitable'

For Iraqi Minorities, ‘Immigration No Longer A Choice, It’s Inevitable’

By Saad Salloum | Baghdad| (Niqash.org) | – – In an interview, Raad Jabar al-Khamis, a representative of the Christian Sabean-Mandaean minority, talks about why […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel Sued in US over Flotilla Attacks

Israel Sued in US over Flotilla Attacks

By IMEMC | – – Four people, including three Americans, have filed a civil suit against the state of Israel, seeking compensatory damages for injuries […]

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Arab World

How a Medieval Muslim thinker invented Sociology

Stephen Dale/ Joseph Preville/ Julie Harbin | (ISLAMICommentary) | – – Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE […]

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Islam
How I Explained to My Impressionable Student That Islam Is Not Monolithic

How I Explained to My Impressionable Student That Islam Is Not Monolithic

Asma Afsaruddin | (Huffington Post) | – – On Sept. 29, 2015, President Obama addressed the United Nations summit on violent extremism. He stated that […]

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