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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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Warren Buffett betting big on Wind Energy in Nebraska, & other Planet-Saving News

Warren Buffett betting big on Wind Energy in Nebraska, & other Planet-Saving News

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Wind power is on a roll in the US despite a fickle Congress and the machinations of Big […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Black Lives Matter in Israel too:  Protest against police violence

Black Lives Matter in Israel too: Protest against police violence

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | — Several thousand people, mostly hailing from Israel’s large Ethiopian population, took to the streets of Tel […]

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Human Rights
Daesh in Mosul seeks Child Soldiers, Child Suicide-Bombers

Daesh in Mosul seeks Child Soldiers, Child Suicide-Bombers

By Khales Joumah | Mosul | (Niqash.org) – One of the latest inventions by the Islamic State in Mosul is the mobile pulpit. Most recently […]

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Barack Obama
"Bug Splat":   Body Counts, Drones, and “Collateral Damage”

“Bug Splat”: Body Counts, Drones, and “Collateral Damage”

Tom Englehardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – The Obama administration has adamantly refused to count. Not a body. In fact, for a long time, American officials […]

Tom Engelhardt

Climate Change
One in six species faces extinction as a result of climate change

One in six species faces extinction as a result of climate change

By James Dyke | (The Conversation) | – The Earth is on course to lose up to one in six of all its species, if […]

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Barack Obama
US Airstrike in Syria kills 53 Civilians, 6 Children

US Airstrike in Syria kills 53 Civilians, 6 Children

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) As Mariam Karouny reports for Reuters, the US air strike on Friday that inadvertently hit a village of non-combatants, […]

Juan Cole

Education
Pakistan - Court jails 10 for life over attack on Malala and on Women's Education

Pakistan – Court jails 10 for life over attack on Malala and on Women’s Education

France24 English | – An anti-terror court in Pakistan has sentenced 10 men for their roles in the 2012 attack on Malala Yousafzai. France24 English: […]

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China
The China-Pakistan trade corridor and its implications for regional security

The China-Pakistan trade corridor and its implications for regional security

By Brian M. Downing | (Informed Comment) | – China and Pakistan announced, with considerable fanfare in Islamabad, a $46 billion dollar investment program to […]

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Tom Cotton's 'Chickenhawk' Taunt at Iran FM Demeans Jeb Bush, GOP Field

Tom Cotton’s ‘Chickenhawk’ Taunt at Iran FM Demeans Jeb Bush, GOP Field

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – So freshman senator Tom Cotton (R-AK) got into a Twitter slamming match with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad […]

Juan Cole

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