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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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The Appeal of Intervention:  New Iraqi Premier, Libyan Parliament ask for Int'l Troops

The Appeal of Intervention: New Iraqi Premier, Libyan Parliament ask for Int’l Troops

By Juan Cole According to a spokesman for his Da’wa Party (Islamic Call or Islamic Mission), Iraq’s prime minister-designate Haydar al-Abadi is preparing a platform […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
Arab Youth and the Changing Middle East (HuffPo Cole Interview)

Arab Youth and the Changing Middle East (HuffPo Cole Interview)

By Juan Cole Huffington Post Live Highlight: Juan Cole, “The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East” Related book: The New […]

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Iraq Intervention? More like Ceaseless Escalation

Iraq Intervention? More like Ceaseless Escalation

By Elliott Colla, author of Baghdad Central While visiting Baghdad last year, I was struck by what Iraqis said every time I tried to apologize […]

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Culture
6 Robin Williams Movies That Teach Us Progressive Values

6 Robin Williams Movies That Teach Us Progressive Values

By Mindy Fischer via Liberals Unite There’s no doubt that Robin Williams could make us laugh, but he did a whole more than that. He […]

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Apartheid
Need for Tough Love:  Defending the Gaza Assault Hurts Israeli, American Interests

Need for Tough Love: Defending the Gaza Assault Hurts Israeli, American Interests

By Gregory Harms Almost two-thirds of Americans feel Israel’s operations in Gaza were justified. When given sufficient information, and when thinking outside ideological parameters, Americans […]

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Apartheid
Blown Chances in Gaza  Israel and the U.S. Miss Many Chances to Avoid War

Blown Chances in Gaza Israel and the U.S. Miss Many Chances to Avoid War

By Sandy Tolan via Tomdispatch.com Alongside the toll of death and broken lives, perhaps the saddest reality of the latest Gaza war, like the Gaza […]

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Lauren Bacall's Best Lines

Lauren Bacall’s Best Lines

via “Layla Raymanova” “here’re Lauren Bacall’s (1924-2014) best lines from the movie TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT.” Little-known fact: Lauren Bacall and former Israeli president […]

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Iraq:  Al-Abadi garners Iranian, US, Saudi Support: But can He Unite Iraq?

Iraq: Al-Abadi garners Iranian, US, Saudi Support: But can He Unite Iraq?

By Juan Cole Middle Eastern regional powers joined the US in welcoming the appointment of Haydar al-Abadi as Iraq’s next Prime Minister, creating a dorm […]

Juan Cole

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Hundreds, if not Thousands will Die:   Film Crew finds Iraqi Yezidis still Trapped on Mountain

Hundreds, if not Thousands will Die: Film Crew finds Iraqi Yezidis still Trapped on Mountain

Channel 4 News “Dramatic footage as our Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman helps drag dehydrated children to the back of a military helicopter who have […]

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