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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts
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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Lebanese Ministry of Energy has let three bids for new solar farms of 15 megawatts each, for a total […]

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

09/29/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

09/29/2025 By Tomdispatch

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BS Happens: Parody of 24/7 Cable News

BS Happens: Parody of 24/7 Cable News

Parody of 24-hour cable news from The Onion that that nails it:

Juan Cole

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Israeli, Hizbullah Proxy War in Syria

Israeli, Hizbullah Proxy War in Syria

Israel and Lebanon’s Hizbullah, who fought a war in 2006, are increasingly being drawn into a proxy war in Lebanon. Hizbullah supports the Baath regime […]

Juan Cole

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Shiraz, Iran:  Timelapse Video

Shiraz, Iran: Timelapse Video

Timelapse of scenes of Shiraz, Iran. The southwestern city is known for its poets and shrines to poets and gardens and, in the old days, […]

Juan Cole

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The Conservative Logic of Ferguson’s Smears of Gays, Muslims, Obama and Krugman

The Conservative Logic of Ferguson’s Smears of Gays, Muslims, Obama and Krugman

Harvard historian Niall Ferguson apologized Saturday for having said that economist John Maynard Keyes did not care about future generations because he was gay and […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Arabian Women, Unveiled (VICE video)

Saudi Arabian Women, Unveiled (VICE video)

VICE reports on Saudi Arabian women, unveiled, showing the strong private/ public divide in the Kingdom (and moreover private and public are drawn differently there).

Juan Cole

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We’ve been hurt before: Jon Stewart on Obama’s Renewed Pledge on Guantanamo

We’ve been hurt before: Jon Stewart on Obama’s Renewed Pledge on Guantanamo

Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show on President Obama’s renewed push to close the illegal Guantanamo prison camp. Limbo Update America wanted to believe Barack Obama’s […]

Juan Cole

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Syria's Neighbors have Rising Anxiety about Crisis (Three Aljazeera Videos)

Syria’s Neighbors have Rising Anxiety about Crisis (Three Aljazeera Videos)

Turkey is strategizing how to limit the impact of the Syria war on Turkey. Ankara is particularly concerned by the emergence of a relatively autonomous […]

Juan Cole

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Bad Camel

Bad Camel

Bad camel sticks head through window of family car, delights little girl no end by licking whole top of her head.

Juan Cole

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Our Terror:  US Drone Strikes in Pakistan and Yemen, April 2013:

Our Terror: US Drone Strikes in Pakistan and Yemen, April 2013:

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism surveys US covert drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen for April, 2013 Pakistan April 2013 actions The US launched two […]

Juan Cole

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