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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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Eugene Rogan’s The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Making of the Modern Middle East

Eugene Rogan’s The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Making of the Modern Middle East

Review of Eugene Rogan, “The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Making of the Modern Middle East” (New York: Basic Books, 2024). Munich, Germany […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Israel/ Palestine
Protesting Israel’s targeted destruction of all Schools and Universities in Gaza

Protesting Israel’s targeted destruction of all Schools and Universities in Gaza

Middle East Studies Association Board | Committee on Academic Freedom | – Dear President Biden, Vice-President Harris, Secretary of State Blinken, and Secretary of Defense […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Immigration
Why the Far Right Lies about Immigrants

Why the Far Right Lies about Immigrants

( Otherwords.org ) – When my dad moved to southwest Ohio in the early 1970s, the Dayton-Springfield area’s second city was home to over 80,000 […]

Peter Certo

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Woman, Life, Freedom:  Rachel, Shireen, Mahsa and Ayşenur

Woman, Life, Freedom: Rachel, Shireen, Mahsa and Ayşenur

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A few days before the invasion of Iraq by American forces under G.W.  Bush, on March 16, […]

Fariba Amini

Sudan
Sudan is Burning and Foreign Powers are Benefiting – what’s in it for the United Arab Emirates?

Sudan is Burning and Foreign Powers are Benefiting – what’s in it for the United Arab Emirates?

By May Darwich, University of Birmingham | – (The Conversation) – The United Nations has accused foreign players of prolonging the war in Sudan, making […]

The Conversation

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The Armageddon Agenda:  Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, and the Nuclear Threat

The Armageddon Agenda: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, and the Nuclear Threat

( Tomdispatch.com ) – The next president of the United States, whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, will face many contentious domestic issues that have […]

Michael T. Klare

Democratic Party
Harris-Trump was the Worst Smack Down of a Republican Presidential Candidate since Kennedy-Nixon

Harris-Trump was the Worst Smack Down of a Republican Presidential Candidate since Kennedy-Nixon

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Vice-President Kamala Harris held Donald Trump accountable for his record as president, and his promises (actually threats) […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
The Life and Legacy of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi: A Beacon of Hope for Palestine

The Life and Legacy of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi: A Beacon of Hope for Palestine

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The world of activism was shaken by the tragic news of Aysenur Ezgi […]

Middle East Monitor

United Kingdom
Wind powers a record Summer for Renewable Energy in Britain

Wind powers a record Summer for Renewable Energy in Britain

By Grant Wilson, University of Birmingham; Daniel L. Donaldson, University of Birmingham; and Iain Staffell, Imperial College London | – Great Britain’s electricity system (Northern […]

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