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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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Is Iran Next?

Is Iran Next?

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In 2005, in the summer of that year, while visiting Iran, I happened to meet an opinionated […]

Fariba Amini

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians Count The Toll Of Israel’s Devastating War In Gaza

Palestinians Count The Toll Of Israel’s Devastating War In Gaza

By Iliya Jazaeri ( RFE/ RL) Muhammad Nasser’s life was torn apart after Hamas, the U.S.- and EU-designated Palestinian terrorist group, carried out an unprecedented […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Arab World
Can the West ever Humanize the Arabs?

Can the West ever Humanize the Arabs?

by Hissa Al Thani ( Middle East Monitor ) – To be humanised is to be recognised as worthy of life, respect and the fundamental […]

Middle East Monitor

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The Great Babylon: America’s complicity in Gaza Atrocities

The Great Babylon: America’s complicity in Gaza Atrocities

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Yesterday, I interviewed a refugee Ukrainian family in transition from their homeland looking for a permanent place […]

Hugh J. Curran

Israel/ Palestine
Israel is using surveillance Technology to subjugate and target Palestinians

Israel is using surveillance Technology to subjugate and target Palestinians

Written by Safa Hebron’s Al-Shuhada Street checkpoint with at least 8 CCTV cameras and the Smart Shooter in view. Photo by AV, used with permission. […]

Global Voices

Displaced and Refugees
Cross-Border Refuges: Cyclical Displacement between Lebanon and Syria

Cross-Border Refuges: Cyclical Displacement between Lebanon and Syria

By Jasmin Lilian Diab, Lebanese American University | – (The Conversation) – The escalation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah since September 2024, and Israel’s […]

The Conversation

China
China’s Green Energy Wave enters the Middle East

China’s Green Energy Wave enters the Middle East

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Facing rising trade barriers and diplomatic tensions with the US and the EU, Chinese renewable energy companies are […]

Neil Thompson

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s War on the World

Israel’s War on the World

( Code Pink ) – Each new week brings new calamities for people in the countries neighboring Israel, as its leaders try to bomb their […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Climate Crisis
Climate Change and the Missing War on Poverty

Climate Change and the Missing War on Poverty

( Tomdispatch.com) – It was William Shakespeare who, in Troilus and Cressida, wrote, “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” And yet, in […]

Liz Theoharis

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