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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?
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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?

Dan Steinbock

New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recently, international media has highlighted the mass famine in Gaza. Yet, there have been effectively three waves […]

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

09/02/2025 By Juan Cole

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

09/02/2025 By Global Voices

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Women's Voices Matter, especially in the Middle East

Women’s Voices Matter, especially in the Middle East

By Lauren Feeney | (Informed Comment) – – Before there were nine million Syrian refugees, civil wars in Yemen and Libya, mass death sentences being […]

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The Middle East Policy of President John Ellis "Jeb" Bush: Iraq, Iran Wars?

The Middle East Policy of President John Ellis “Jeb” Bush: Iraq, Iran Wars?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Jeb Bush announced his run for president on Monday. It is hard to know what his […]

Juan Cole

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Flash Fiction:   “The Office”

Flash Fiction: “The Office”

N.B. Fiction with mature themes.             By Juan Cole |             The Office             Adib was winning at cards again.   Bashir was already out, sitting […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
In defeat for Israel Lobbies, Professors' Union censures U of Illinois Over Salaita Firing

In defeat for Israel Lobbies, Professors’ Union censures U of Illinois Over Salaita Firing

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Attorneys for Professor Steven Salaita called the move by leading academic group ‘a serious blemish […]

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Authoritarianism
Saudi Arabia Lashing Blogger Reveals What Religion Fears Most

Saudi Arabia Lashing Blogger Reveals What Religion Fears Most

Cenk Uygur & John Iadarola | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “The public flogging of jailed blogger Raif Badawi is now “sure” to […]

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Democratic Party
Why Pelosi, Hillary and House Democrats turned on Obama over Asian free trade

Why Pelosi, Hillary and House Democrats turned on Obama over Asian free trade

By Harley Shaiken | (The Conversation) | – – Over the last several days, President Barack Obama pulled out all the stops to pass Trade […]

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Pres. Erdogan sees Syrian Kurds' advance against ISIL as "danger" to Turkey

Pres. Erdogan sees Syrian Kurds’ advance against ISIL as “danger” to Turkey

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The leftist Kurdish Protection Forces (YPG) and their Arab allies, the Euphrates Volcano, continued their assault […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Next year in Mosul:  Iraqi Kurds cut off ISIL/ Daesh Supply Lines

Next year in Mosul: Iraqi Kurds cut off ISIL/ Daesh Supply Lines

VICE News | (Video report) | – “A year after the Islamic State’s lightning conquest of Iraq’s second-largest city of Mosul, the poorly-trained and equipped […]

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Acidification of Oceans
The Immorality of harming the Earth:  Burning Fossil Fuels is Today's Golden Calf

The Immorality of harming the Earth: Burning Fossil Fuels is Today’s Golden Calf

By Tom Giesen | (Informed Comment) – – In the latter half of the nineteenth century, we began to burn fossil fuels rather casually, without […]

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