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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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Israel plans forced evacuation of Bedouin families east of Jerusalem

Israel plans forced evacuation of Bedouin families east of Jerusalem

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Dozens of Palestinian families living in the Bedouin Abu Nuwwar village to the east of Jerusalem will be forced from their land […]

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Apartheid
Hanan Ashrawi:  New Extremist Israeli Gov't generates a Culture of Hate

Hanan Ashrawi: New Extremist Israeli Gov’t generates a Culture of Hate

By IMEMC | – PLO Executive Committee member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi stated: “Such a coalition betrays the true nature of the Israeli political system and […]

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Education
What makes one Palestinian Village School one of the Best in the Middle East?

What makes one Palestinian Village School one of the Best in the Middle East?

World Bank | – “Amid widespread dissatisfaction with public services in the Arab world, a new report identifies local success stories that could point the […]

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Climate Change
Do Republicans favor Coal Plants over Americans' Health?

Do Republicans favor Coal Plants over Americans’ Health?

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | – ‘”The Obama administration’s proposed curbs on coal-burning power plants could prevent thousands of deaths each year from […]

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Barack Obama
Saudi Arabia as the Incredible Hulk: King Salman snubs Obama's Gulf Summit

Saudi Arabia as the Incredible Hulk: King Salman snubs Obama’s Gulf Summit

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Watching Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia nowadays, is like Kremlin-watching in the old days of the Cold […]

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Displaced and Refugees
38 Million displaced and homeless in their own Countries

38 Million displaced and homeless in their own Countries

AFP | — “Conflicts and violence in places like Syria and Ukraine have displaced a record 38 million people inside their own countries, equivalent to […]

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Democracy
Lurch to Far Right keeps Netanyahu in power, but for how long?

Lurch to Far Right keeps Netanyahu in power, but for how long?

By Luisa Gandolfo | (The Conversation) | – Only weeks after Israel’s snap Knesset elections, the Likud party was bluntly reminded that winning the most […]

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Arab World
Egypt:  Mubarak, Sons, given 3-year Wrist Slap for Massive Corruption

Egypt: Mubarak, Sons, given 3-year Wrist Slap for Massive Corruption

Reuters | — “Hosni Mubarak and his two sons are sentenced to three years in jail without parole in the retrial of a corruption case. […]

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Hawaii goes Green and other Big Renewables Stories

Hawaii goes Green and other Big Renewables Stories

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – The Hawaii legislature has just passed a bill by an overwhelming margin that sets a goal of […]

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