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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
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The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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How Long will We let the National Rifle Association and Corrupt Politicians Kill our Children?

How Long will We let the National Rifle Association and Corrupt Politicians Kill our Children?

Police in Aurora, Colorado say that they do not think that James Holmes had an accomplice. Of course he had an accomplice. He had lots […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Free Syrian Army Controls Border Areas

Free Syrian Army Controls Border Areas

Free Syria exists along Syria’s borders with Turkey and Iraq. The Free Syrian Army, somewhat to my surprise, is beginning to take and hold territory, […]

Juan Cole

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“A View Toward Hamamet” Tunisia (Paul Klee Painting)

“A View Toward Hamamet” Tunisia (Paul Klee Painting)

Paul Klee, the Swiss-German modernist painter, experienced epiphanies during the ‘student trip’ he took with two other young artists to Tunisia in 1914. It was […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (209) “those oceans of learning never…”

Omar Khayyam (209) “those oceans of learning never…”

Those oceans of learning and culture           who burned with the light  of science in their day,         […]

Juan Cole

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Your Government’s 92 Million Secrets are Safe . . . from You!  (Engelhardt)

Your Government’s 92 Million Secrets are Safe . . . from You! (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com That Makes No Sense! Your Security’s a Joke (and You’re the Butt of It) By Tom Engelhardt When my daughter […]

Juan Cole

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Syria Crisis: Cole on BBC Newshour (Audio Link)

Syria Crisis: Cole on BBC Newshour (Audio Link)

My appearance on BBC’s Newshour re: Syrian developments on Wednesday afternoon. I come in about 8 minutes in, and make comments throughout the rest of […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Top Ten Implications of the Damascus Bombing

Top Ten Implications of the Damascus Bombing

The bombing of the Security Headquarters of the Baath government of Syria on Wednesday killed the Minister of Defense, the deputy Minister of Defense, and […]

Juan Cole

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Marionette 2 (Painting by Syrian Modernist Marwan)

Marionette 2 (Painting by Syrian Modernist Marwan)

Marwan, Marionette 2 (2007), gouache on paper, 21 x 30.2 cm 2011,6020.2. Mirrored from [pdf] the British Museum Modern Syrian Art Collection. Marwan (Kassab Bachi), […]

Juan Cole

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Is Michele Bachmann an agent of the Muslim Brotherhood?

Is Michele Bachmann an agent of the Muslim Brotherhood?

It has become increasingly apparent that politics and business often attract psychopaths, because of the opportunities they offer for the gratification of narcissism, grandiosity, sadism […]

Juan Cole

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