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Morocco Plans Floating Solar PV over Reservoirs to Stop Evaporation
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Morocco Plans Floating Solar PV over Reservoirs to Stop Evaporation

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Morocco is on a green energy roll, as the government’s far-sighted plan to move the North African country to renewables […]

Syria: Türkiye-backed Armed Groups Detain, Extort Civilians

Syria: Türkiye-backed Armed Groups Detain, Extort Civilians

05/27/2025 By Human Rights Watch

What Malnutrition is doing to Gaza’s Starving Babies in their 1st 1000 Days of Life

What Malnutrition is doing to Gaza’s Starving Babies in their 1st 1000 Days of Life

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Indiana: “How do we get rid of” Zinn’s ‘A People’s History of the United States?’

Indiana: “How do we get rid of” Zinn’s ‘A People’s History of the United States?’

In a disturbing development, the Associated Press has revealed emails in which former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels advocated banning the use of Howard Zinn’s text, […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Syria:  Attack on Sayyida Zainab Provokes Sunni-Shiite Tensions in Lebanon, Iraq, Pakistan

Syria: Attack on Sayyida Zainab Provokes Sunni-Shiite Tensions in Lebanon, Iraq, Pakistan

The rocket attack on the Shrine of Sayyida Zaynab in the suburbs of Damascus on Friday has intensified the sectarian overtones of the Syrian civil […]

Juan Cole

Energy
First, Close all the Coal Plants: MIT Study Shows they Shorten Lives

First, Close all the Coal Plants: MIT Study Shows they Shorten Lives

“Data from China show that large amounts of coal emissions shorten lives”: The MIT Energy Intiative reports: ” A high level of air pollution, in […]

Juan Cole

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Annals of White Terrorism: Police Arrest Suspect in bombing of Mosque, Murder of Muslim

Annals of White Terrorism: Police Arrest Suspect in bombing of Mosque, Murder of Muslim

A British-Ukrainian suspect is being looked at for both the murder of an elderly Muslim man and several bombings outside mosques in London. Terrorism against […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
"Whoever Speaks of 1967 borders speaks of Auschwitz": Israel Cabinet not Serious about talks on a Palestinian State

“Whoever Speaks of 1967 borders speaks of Auschwitz”: Israel Cabinet not Serious about talks on a Palestinian State

US Secretary of State John Kerry very tentatively announced Friday that he has hopes that Israeli and Palestinian negotiations will start back up with a […]

Juan Cole

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How Fast can a Camel Run?

How Fast can a Camel Run?

Camel Race – Wadi Rum, Jordan

Juan Cole

science
On Anniversary of the First Moon Walk, it is the Chinese who Plan another

On Anniversary of the First Moon Walk, it is the Chinese who Plan another

Today is the anniversary of the first moon walk, in 1969. Walter Cronkite anchors the first moon walk Meanwhile, nowadays it is China that is […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Protests and the Trayvon Martin Foundation:  "Trayvon is Down but we're Rising Up"

Protests and the Trayvon Martin Foundation: “Trayvon is Down but we’re Rising Up”

Small protests were held in about 100 cities throughout the US on behalf of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old unarmed victim in a shooting incident in […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt's pro, anti-Morsi Demonstrators Settle in for the Long Game

Egypt’s pro, anti-Morsi Demonstrators Settle in for the Long Game

Friday saw large demonstrations in Cairo and several other cities by Muslim Brotherhood members demanding the reinstatement of deposed Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi. Those who […]

Juan Cole

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