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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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Syrian Rebels welcome US Air strikes on ISIL Terrorists

Syrian Rebels welcome US Air strikes on ISIL Terrorists

By Juan Cole Ilaf reports that rebels in East Aleppo, Syria are deeply divided over the prospect of President Obama ordering US air strikes on […]

Juan Cole

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Mansplaining Women's Pay Gap  (John Oliver satire)

Mansplaining Women’s Pay Gap (John Oliver satire)

John Oliver explores America’s wage gap between men and women and proposes a possible solution. Note: Solution proposed is 100% sarcastic. Last Week Tonight with […]

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Iraq
As Int'l Powers focus on Kurds and Sunni Arabs, have Shiite Politicians lost Iraq Forever?

As Int’l Powers focus on Kurds and Sunni Arabs, have Shiite Politicians lost Iraq Forever?

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | via Niqash.org In Baghdad [last] week, Iraq’s most senior Shiite Muslim politicians are lamenting their increasing isolation from the international […]

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Apartheid
Can you Pass the Hamas Quiz?

Can you Pass the Hamas Quiz?

By Jeffrey Rudolph (updated) The degree of mainstream media distortion concerning Hamas is endemic in the US and Canada. In my local newspaper, the Montreal […]

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Iraq
Why Would They Stay? Making Sense of ISIS and Iraqi Sunnis

Why Would They Stay? Making Sense of ISIS and Iraqi Sunnis

By Nathan Spannaus ISIS’s meteoric rise to prominence has brought renewed attention on Iraq’s Sunni population and their relationship with radical forms of extremism. Outside […]

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Apartheid
Open-Ended Ceasefire reached in Israel/ Gaza:  But how Long will it Last?

Open-Ended Ceasefire reached in Israel/ Gaza: But how Long will it Last?

By Juan Cole Israel on the one side and Hamas and Islamic Jihad on the other have announced an open-ended cease-fire brokered by Egypt, the […]

Juan Cole

Israel
 The new Jewish exodus: Emigrating Israelis replaced by European Jewry

The new Jewish exodus: Emigrating Israelis replaced by European Jewry

By Naava Mashiah via Your Middle East So much ink has been spilled over the past month during the latest eruption of violence between Israel […]

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Iraq
Veils, Gloves and Violence: New Extremist Rules See Women Disappear From Mosul’s Streets

Veils, Gloves and Violence: New Extremist Rules See Women Disappear From Mosul’s Streets

By Nawzat Shamdeen | Mosul | via Niqash.org Extremists are forcing Mosul’s women to wear full facial veils. Mosul was always a conservative city when […]

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Africa
Reading Africa:  How exciting Literature takes us beyond the Dreary Headlines

Reading Africa: How exciting Literature takes us beyond the Dreary Headlines

By Shaun Randol There is not one positive news story on the front page. The two news organizations might as well tack up a single […]

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