Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After nearly five decades of armed conflict with the Turkish state, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun […]
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Life of Omar Khayyam, Part 1 (Documentary)
The life and times of a medieval poet and scientist, Omar Khayyam, Part 1, a documentary by Sadiq Saba:
Omar Khayyam (75)
That wine which can take on diverse forms in its essence sometimes becomes an animal, sometimes a plant. Don’t imagine that its being ever goes […]
Polish PM Reveals that US Tortured at Black Sites in his Country
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk is now more or less admitting what has long been suspected: The Bush administration established a secret CIA prison in […]
Top 5 Dangers that the Syria Conflict could Destabilize its Neighbors
Aljazeera English (below) asks whether the Syria crisis will spill over onto neighbors and what impact it may have on the region. Aljazeera English reports: […]
Omar Khayyam (73)
Clouds rolled in and wept tears on the field. Without wine, purple flowers cannot grow. The greenery provides pleasant scenery for me today. For whose […]
Happy Palestine Land Day: Israel Earmarks 10% of West Bank for Settlements: White
Ben White writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment: It has just come out that the Israeli military has earmarked ten percent of the […]
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Tomgram: John Feffer, Islamophobia, Obama, and the Art of Acting Muslim
Those who fervently believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim generally practice their furtive religion in obscure recesses of the Internet…
Divided Arab League Won’t Call for al-Assad to Step Down
The Arab League is meeting in Baghdad for the first time in 22 years, in the absence of long-time fixtures such as Zein El Abidin […]
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