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When Zohran Mamdani campaigned in Arabic, He was Speaking an old American Language
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When Zohran Mamdani campaigned in Arabic, He was Speaking an old American Language

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani made a campaign ad in quite passable colloquial Arabic for the some 180,000 Arab residents of […]

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How Zohran Mamdani is the Future: Affordability and the Dignity of Working People

How Zohran Mamdani is the Future: Affordability and the Dignity of Working People

11/03/2025 By Tomdispatch

Lasting Peace and Recovery in Gaza depends on local Participation, not just Ceasefires

Lasting Peace and Recovery in Gaza depends on local Participation, not just Ceasefires

11/03/2025 By The Conversation

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Did rise of Daesh/ ISIL ensure Iran Nuclear Deal?

Did rise of Daesh/ ISIL ensure Iran Nuclear Deal?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In Iraq on Tuesday, Iraq militias and the Iraqi military launched a counter-attack on Falluja with […]

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Israel
The Netanyahu Effect?  Declining Support for 2 State Solution among Israelis, Palestinians

The Netanyahu Effect? Declining Support for 2 State Solution among Israelis, Palestinians

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) –Support for the two state solution decreased among both Palestinians and Israelis over the past year with […]

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Celebrating Bernie Sanders via Stand-Up: He doesn't Give a ---

Celebrating Bernie Sanders via Stand-Up: He doesn’t Give a —

Francesca Fiorentini | (AJ+ Video) – – “Whether in a speech or an interview, 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has little patience for politicking. This […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan:  The First Rule of Counter-Insurgency is that it Doesn't Ever Work

Afghanistan: The First Rule of Counter-Insurgency is that it Doesn’t Ever Work

By William R. Polk | (Informed Comment) | – – The people of Afghanistan at least since the time of Alexander the Great had repeatedly […]

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Iran
Why Exempt Israel?  After Iran Deal, Make Middle East a Nuclear Free Zone

Why Exempt Israel? After Iran Deal, Make Middle East a Nuclear Free Zone

By Farhang Jahanpour | (TFF) | – – The announcement of the nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers is a rare moment in […]

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Constitution
That Time Ronald Reagan opened Iran and Illegally sold Khomeini Weapons

That Time Ronald Reagan opened Iran and Illegally sold Khomeini Weapons

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Reagan administration in the 1980s was buffeted by two policy drives toward Iran. On the […]

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Afghanistan
Pushtun Female Commandos Ready to Take on the Taliban

Pushtun Female Commandos Ready to Take on the Taliban

By Ashfaq Yusufzai | (Inter Press Service) | – – PESHAWAR, Pakistan (IPS) – For years, Robina Shah has dreamed of joining the police force. […]

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Apartheid
Video: Israeli Officer shoots protesting Palestinian Teen, Leaves him to Bleed Out

Video: Israeli Officer shoots protesting Palestinian Teen, Leaves him to Bleed Out

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “17-year-old Mohammed al-Kusbah was killed by an Israeli officer after throwing a rock at a military SUV. The […]

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Iran
Would Iran reformers gain upper hand with UNSC Nuclear Deal?

Would Iran reformers gain upper hand with UNSC Nuclear Deal?

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) For Iranian President Hassan Rohani, a nuclear deal with global powers would be a double-edged sword. An agreement to […]

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