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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

09/09/2025 By Juan Cole

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

09/09/2025 By Open Democracy

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Fearmongering against Muslims is a Bipartisan Sport & Hurts us All

Fearmongering against Muslims is a Bipartisan Sport & Hurts us All

By Olivia Alperstein | (Otherwords.org) | – – Representative Loretta Sanchez’s bogus claims about Muslims reflect the kind of prejudice that holds America back. Representative […]

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Education
Pakistan's New Weapon Against Taliban Is Education

Pakistan’s New Weapon Against Taliban Is Education

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “One year after 132 kids were killed in a school attack, Pakistan’s army has found another way […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Syrian Refugees from Civil War spiraling down into Extreme Poverty

Syrian Refugees from Civil War spiraling down into Extreme Poverty

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Dec 16 2015 (IPS) – When German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her immigration […]

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Syria
Could an end to Syria's civil war be in sight?

Could an end to Syria’s civil war be in sight?

By James Gelvin | (The Conversation) | – – If, as cliché has it, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and […]

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Israel/ Palestine
UN Secretary-General Accuses Israel of ‘Breeding’ Palestinian Attacks

UN Secretary-General Accuses Israel of ‘Breeding’ Palestinian Attacks

By IMEMC | – – This past Tuesday, in Jakarta, Indonesia, the International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem was organized by the Committee on […]

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Islam-hatred
Nobelist Malala to Trump: Your Islamophobia is creating the grounds for Terrorism

Nobelist Malala to Trump: Your Islamophobia is creating the grounds for Terrorism

Wochit News | (Video report) | – – “Malala Yousafzai had a few words for Donald Trump and other politicians for attacking the Muslim Religion […]

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Israel/ Palestine
How Israeli settlements stifle Palestine’s economy

How Israeli settlements stifle Palestine’s economy

By Nur Arafeh, Samia al-Botmeh and Leila Farsakh |Al-Shabaka/ Ma’an News Agency | – – Al-Shabaka is an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to […]

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Far Right
No, GOP, you can't win by Carpet-bombing

No, GOP, you can’t win by Carpet-bombing

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – At the GOP debate Tuesday night, Ted Cruz came out swinging wildly. Blitzer: Senator Cruz, you […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
If the Dead could Speak: The Real People Syrian Regime Tortured to Death

If the Dead could Speak: The Real People Syrian Regime Tortured to Death

By Human Rights Watch | – – "If the Dead Could Speak" reveals some of the human stories behind the more than 28,000 photos of […]

Juan Cole

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