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Egypt’s Magnificent new Museum: Nationalism, Tourism, and the Economy
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Egypt’s Magnificent new Museum: Nationalism, Tourism, and the Economy

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Egypt’s new billion-dollar museum near the Giza pyramids opened on Saturday. It has 100,000 artifacts, including a massive statue of […]

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Palestine: The Poem that cannot be Killed

Palestine: The Poem that cannot be Killed

11/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Dockworker strikes in solidarity with Gaza have a long legacy

Dockworker strikes in solidarity with Gaza have a long legacy

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Amira Hass: “Let me be blunt: Gaza is a Huge Concentration Camp”

Amira Hass: “Let me be blunt: Gaza is a Huge Concentration Camp”

By Amira Hass / Julie Poucher Harbin | ( ISLAMICommentary) | – – by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary Amira Hass, Haaretz correspondent for the […]

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Climate Change
Big Oil, Coal Racketeering:  Corp. Memos Reveal Decades of Climate Lies

Big Oil, Coal Racketeering: Corp. Memos Reveal Decades of Climate Lies

Union of Concerned Scientists | (Video Report) | – – “For nearly three decades, many of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies have knowingly worked […]

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Democratic Party
The Rear-View Mirror on Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Bus (Political Cartoon)

The Rear-View Mirror on Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Bus (Political Cartoon)

James MacLeod | (Political Cartoon) Via MacLeod Cartoons

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Alevis
Why defeating ISIL/ Daesh with military might is starry eyed idealism

Why defeating ISIL/ Daesh with military might is starry eyed idealism

By David Alpher | (The Conversation) | – – Just this past weekend of July 4, US-led coalition aircraft targeted the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa […]

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Christianity
As Glaciers Melt in Ecuador, Pope Francis challenges Technocrats, touts "Keeping" the Environment

As Glaciers Melt in Ecuador, Pope Francis challenges Technocrats, touts “Keeping” the Environment

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Pope Francis continues to preach environmentalism as he addresses crowds in Latin America, a challenging message […]

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Apartheid
No Fish for You!  Israeli Navy arrests 6 Gazans for Fishing While Palestinian

No Fish for You! Israeli Navy arrests 6 Gazans for Fishing While Palestinian

By Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR | Gaza Report | – – Israeli Naval Forces Continue Chasing Fishermen In The Gaza Strip Sea […]

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Foreign Policy
The Confederate Flag flew in Iraq as Symbol of Empire and Militarism ("Valor")

The Confederate Flag flew in Iraq as Symbol of Empire and Militarism (“Valor”)

By Greg Grandin | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – The Pentagon just can’t let go. In the wake of the Charleston Massacre, Amazon and Walmart have […]

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Children
“Books, Not Bullets,” Malala Yousafzai Urges at Oslo Summit

“Books, Not Bullets,” Malala Yousafzai Urges at Oslo Summit

By Aruna Dutt | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai spoke Tuesday […]

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Balkans
Desperate Afro-Asian Migrants flee war, famine through risky Balkans on The Road To EU

Desperate Afro-Asian Migrants flee war, famine through risky Balkans on The Road To EU

By Iva Martinovic | (RFE/ RL) | – – These days, the park flanking Belgrade’s bus terminal and the nearby railway station teems with migrants. […]

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