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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

09/14/2025 By Global Voices

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Eyeless in Gaza: When will Israel let its People Go?

Eyeless in Gaza: When will Israel let its People Go?

Israeli war planes struck the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Israel has roughly 7.5 million people, Gaza roughly 1.7 million. Israel bombed and destroyed Gaza’s […]

Juan Cole

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How the Pentagon Helped Make Afghanistan the Most Corrupt Country on Earth (Hiro)

How the Pentagon Helped Make Afghanistan the Most Corrupt Country on Earth (Hiro)

Dilip Hiro writes at Tomdispatch.com Washington has vociferously denounced Afghan corruption as a major obstacle to the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. This has been widely […]

Juan Cole

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Syrian Revolution even Bloodier in March, with record 6000 Dead

Syrian Revolution even Bloodier in March, with record 6000 Dead

Syrian dissidents say that some 6,000 people died in Syria in March, the largest one-month toll since the movement to overthrow the Baathist regime of […]

Juan Cole

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Egyptian Comedian Bassem Youssef on Kafkaesque Interrogation (CNN Video)

Egyptian Comedian Bassem Youssef on Kafkaesque Interrogation (CNN Video)

Bassem Youssef tells Christiane Amanpour about the 5-hour Kafkaesque interrogation he underwent after being summoned by the prosecutor-general. The humorless prosecutors essentially made a montage […]

Juan Cole

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Jim Carrey:  Fox 'News' is "A media colostomy bag... a public health issue" (Video)

Jim Carrey: Fox ‘News’ is “A media colostomy bag… a public health issue” (Video)

Comedian Jim Carrey has hit back at Fox Cable News for its campaign of defamation in the wake of his release of a video parodying […]

Juan Cole

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Why this and not that?  America’s topsy turvy priorities

Why this and not that? America’s topsy turvy priorities

Why this and not that? I don’t understand my own country much of the time. For instance, in his first major public speech after resigning […]

Juan Cole

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Obama’s Israel Trip Reinforced Dangerous Fantasies of the Right on Iran (Chernus)

Obama’s Israel Trip Reinforced Dangerous Fantasies of the Right on Iran (Chernus)

Ira Chernus writes at Tomdispatch.com Barack Obama came to Israel and Palestine, saw what he wanted to see, and conquered the mainstream media with his […]

Juan Cole

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Egypt’s War on Satire:  Prosecutor Summons Cairo’s Jon Stewart

Egypt’s War on Satire: Prosecutor Summons Cairo’s Jon Stewart

I have long held that the worst thing about religious fundamentalism is that it is humorless. And, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is proving me right. […]

Juan Cole

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As they did to Iraq, they would Do to Iran (Jamiol Cartoon)

As they did to Iraq, they would Do to Iran (Jamiol Cartoon)

Recycled WMD charges: From Jamiol’s World

Juan Cole

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