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

“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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Dissent
Did Religious Extremism drive 2 Million Egyptian youth to Unbelief?

Did Religious Extremism drive 2 Million Egyptian youth to Unbelief?

(By Juan Cole) Egyptian journalist Hilmy al-Namnam said last fall that some researchers had concluded that there were 2 million Egyptian atheists. He blamed the […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
We're all Living in the World Dick Cheney Made

We’re all Living in the World Dick Cheney Made

(By Mark Danner via a href=”http://www.nybooks.com/”>NYRB and Tomdispatch.com) If you’re a man of principle, compromise is a bit of a dirty word. — Dick Cheney, […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Can Obama make a grand bargain with Iran over Syria?

Can Obama make a grand bargain with Iran over Syria?

(By Shahram Akbarzadeh) The last round of talks to bring some relief to the humanitarian disaster in Syria achieved remarkable nothing. The anti-Assad delegation traded […]

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Human Rights
False Dawn:  The 35th Anniversary of Iranian Revolution

False Dawn: The 35th Anniversary of Iranian Revolution

(By Farhang Jahanpour) The Iranian revolution succeeded exactly 35 years ago this week. After 37 years of rule, Mohammad Reza Shah left Iran on 16 […]

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Barack Obama
Obama & Hollande stress Hope for Iran Breakthrough

Obama & Hollande stress Hope for Iran Breakthrough

(By Juan Cole) In his news conference with French President Francois Hollande, President Obama outlined four areas of diplomatic progress. The first is foreign policy, […]

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
The Arts of the Arab Uprisings at the Arab-American Museum

The Arts of the Arab Uprisings at the Arab-American Museum

VOA interviews my colleague Christiane Gruber of the Art History Department at the University of Michigan on the exhibit she helped curate at the Arab-American […]

Juan Cole

CIA
Assassination by Leak:  US floats Trial Balloon of Droning an American to Death

Assassination by Leak: US floats Trial Balloon of Droning an American to Death

(By Tim Cushing) Administration Officials Perform Some Very Public Handwringing Over Extrajudicial Drone Killing (via Techdirt) The administration has sort of painted itself into a […]

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Human Rights
Iraq illegally Jailed thousands of Women, Torture & Abuse Alleged

Iraq illegally Jailed thousands of Women, Torture & Abuse Alleged

(Human Rights Watch) (Baghdad) – Iraqi authorities are detaining thousands of Iraqi women illegally and subjecting many to torture and ill-treatment, including the threat of […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Big Green Energy is Remaking Africa and Asia

Big Green Energy is Remaking Africa and Asia

(By Juan Cole) A significant part of the population of Africa and Asia at present has no access to electricity, and in some countries those […]

Juan Cole

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