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It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:  Sanjay Gupta on the New Neurobiology of Pain
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It Doesn’t Have to Hurt: Sanjay Gupta on the New Neurobiology of Pain

Richard Penaskovic

Review of Sanjay Gupta, It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:Your Smart Guide to a Pain-free Life. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2025), $30.00. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, […]

“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:17

“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:17

10/04/2025 By Juan Cole

Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

10/04/2025 By The Conversation

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Africa
Ethiopia aims to become Africa's Green Energy Giant

Ethiopia aims to become Africa’s Green Energy Giant

Ethiopia intends to increase its power generation from 2000 megawatts to 10,000 MW. That goal is not unusual for a developing country. What is distinctive […]

Juan Cole

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Syria spills over on Lebanon: Beirut Bombing Kills Sunni Critic of Syria's al-Assad

Syria spills over on Lebanon: Beirut Bombing Kills Sunni Critic of Syria’s al-Assad

(By Juan Cole) Respected Lebanese politician and former ambassador to the United States, Muhammad Shatah, was assassinated by a massive car bomb near the parliament […]

Juan Cole

The mother of all wars

The mother of all wars

What has happened in Turkey in the past 10 days is just mind-boggling.

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EU welcomes annulation of controversial regulation lifting investigation secrecy

EU welcomes annulation of controversial regulation lifting investigation secrecy

European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Füle welcomed the annulation of the bill obliging those carrying out investigations to inform superiors

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EU warns Israel of backlash for settlement building

EU warns Israel of backlash for settlement building

Unnamed diplomat tells Israeli TV that European governments would have little sympathy for construction announcements during talks

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Human Rights
The other Victim of Israeli settler vigilantism is Israeli Society Itself

The other Victim of Israeli settler vigilantism is Israeli Society Itself

(By Shirin Rubin) Israeli society will pay the ‘price’ for settler vigilantism, rights group warns (via The Christian Science Monitor) When Ahmad Milhem heard earlier […]

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Iran
Increasingly, all Roads run through Iran (Damascus, Baghdad, Asia)

Increasingly, all Roads run through Iran (Damascus, Baghdad, Asia)

(By Marianna Charountaki) “While Iran’s importance for regional politics was always there, it has only now become apparent, especially for the foreign policies of international […]

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Climate Change
Locusts & Climate Change Plague Yemen on top of al-Qaeda, Drones, Huthis (Video of the Day)

Locusts & Climate Change Plague Yemen on top of al-Qaeda, Drones, Huthis (Video of the Day)

Yemen has suffered flash floods and unusual amounts of rainfall recently. These phenomena are not new, but they may be increasing because of climate change, […]

Juan Cole

History
Yezidi Kurdish Family in Syria, 1899 (Photo of the Day)

Yezidi Kurdish Family in Syria, 1899 (Photo of the Day)

A Kurdish Yezidi Family of the Mount Simeon district of northern Syria, at a village near Aleppo, circa 1899 (From Gertrude Bell, Syria: The Desert […]

Juan Cole

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