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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts
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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Lebanese Ministry of Energy has let three bids for new solar farms of 15 megawatts each, for a total […]

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

09/29/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

09/29/2025 By Tomdispatch

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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 […]

Juan Cole

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Top 6 Wind Energy stories Today: Cost down 60% since 2009

Top 6 Wind Energy stories Today: Cost down 60% since 2009

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 1. This press release from Windpower Engineering notes that in 2015: “The German electricity system has […]

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
The Fifth Anniversary of Arab Uprisings: A Turning point in Modern History?

The Fifth Anniversary of Arab Uprisings: A Turning point in Modern History?

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Informed Comment) | – – The tumultuous developments that have rocked the Arab world and have come to be known as […]

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Crime
German lawmakers rush to respond to Cologne attacks as Vigilante Attacks Break Out

German lawmakers rush to respond to Cologne attacks as Vigilante Attacks Break Out

by Dario Sarmadi (trans. by Samuel Morgan) | ( EurActiv.de) | – – After the attacks carried out on women in Cologne on New Year’s […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Once Auctioned, What to Do with Syrian Refugees?

Once Auctioned, What to Do with Syrian Refugees?

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – MADRID, Jan 12 2016 (IPS) – Few months ago, an unprecedented “humanitarian auction” was opened […]

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Foreign Policy
US–Saudi relations and the search for leverage

US–Saudi relations and the search for leverage

By Russell E. Lucas | (The Conversation) | – – Russell E. Lucas, Michigan State University The alliance between Saudi Arabia and the United States […]

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Barack Obama
Obama:  Islamophobia harms US Interests;  Daesh/ISIL a dangerous Fringe

Obama: Islamophobia harms US Interests; Daesh/ISIL a dangerous Fringe

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama’s last State of the Union address this year was largely lacking in specifics and […]

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