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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure
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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure

Fariba Amini

When they called your name at midnight, In your thoughts, morning blossomed from a blood-stained horizon.

Juan Cole on Iran War:  “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

Juan Cole on Iran War: “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

03/05/2026 By Juan Cole

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

03/05/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Jordan Condemns Israeli Forces for Storming Jerusalem Church

Jordan Condemns Israeli Forces for Storming Jerusalem Church

( Middle East Monitor ) – The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Israeli occupation forces storming a church in the Sanctuary of the […]

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Education
Protesting Flawed Disciplinary Process toward Student Protesters at Swarthmore

Protesting Flawed Disciplinary Process toward Student Protesters at Swarthmore

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Valerie Smith President Swarthmore College president@swarthmore.edu Dear President Smith and colleagues: We write on […]

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Conservative Muslim Cleric in North Gaza denounces Hamas for violating Islamic Laws of War

Conservative Muslim Cleric in North Gaza denounces Hamas for violating Islamic Laws of War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rushdi Abualouf of the BBC reported on a new fatwa or considered legal opinion issued by the conservative Salafi scholar […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Targeting UNRWA Could Harm Israel’s Own Interests

Targeting UNRWA Could Harm Israel’s Own Interests

By Imran Khalid | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The recent Israeli measures against the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)—including two controversial […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Climate Crisis
Extreme Weather has already cost Vulnerable Island Nations $141 Billion

Extreme Weather has already cost Vulnerable Island Nations $141 Billion

Emily Wilkinson, ODI Global; Ilan Noy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Matt Bishop, University of Sheffield, and Vikrant Panwar, ODI Global (The […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Netanyahu, Delirious at Trump’s Return, Dumps his Defense Minister to Pursue Complete Occupation of Gaza

Netanyahu, Delirious at Trump’s Return, Dumps his Defense Minister to Pursue Complete Occupation of Gaza

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It was no coincidence that Israeli PM Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu chose the US Election Day to fire […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Democratic Party
Gaza:   Harris lost because her Party represented War Mongering, Q.E.D.

Gaza: Harris lost because her Party represented War Mongering, Q.E.D.

( The Times of Israel) – My beloved grandmother Savta Greta z”l often liked to use the acronym “Q.E.D.”  – an abbreviation of the Latin […]

Shamai Leibowitz

Donald Trump
A New Age of Presidential Unilaterism?

A New Age of Presidential Unilaterism?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – As the dust settles over election day, it’s worth reflecting that it’s not only the election results that have been at […]

Karen J. Greenberg

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Germany: For First time, Wind and Solar Power Generation exceeds Fossil Fuels

Germany: For First time, Wind and Solar Power Generation exceeds Fossil Fuels

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy analysis firm reports that for the first nine months of 2024, Germany generated more electricity from wind […]

Juan Cole

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