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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?
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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?

Dan Steinbock

New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recently, international media has highlighted the mass famine in Gaza. Yet, there have been effectively three waves […]

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

09/02/2025 By Global Voices

Local Journalists and Fixers are being Killed by Israel at unprecedented Rates in Gaza. Can anyone protect them?

Local Journalists and Fixers are being Killed by Israel at unprecedented Rates in Gaza. Can anyone protect them?

09/02/2025 By Juan Cole

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Advancing is Perfection (Gibran)

Advancing is Perfection (Gibran)

From Kahlil Gibran, “The Vision,” available at Amazon.com.

Juan Cole

Iraq
US Pentagon Trained Iranian terrorists in Nevada: Hersh

US Pentagon Trained Iranian terrorists in Nevada: Hersh

For those who missed this this weekend. The intrepid Seymour Hersh reports at the New Yorker that the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) of the […]

Juan Cole

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What We Lost in Iraq and Washington (Van Buren)

What We Lost in Iraq and Washington (Van Buren)

Peter van Buren writes at Tomdispatch.com: Left Behind What We Lost in Iraq and Washington, 2009-2012 By Peter Van Buren People ask the question in […]

Juan Cole

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All Hell is still Breaking Loose in the Arab World, Television is just not Reporting it

All Hell is still Breaking Loose in the Arab World, Television is just not Reporting it

5. Several center-left parties in Tunisia have formed a centrist party for the next election. The Progressive Democratic Party only got 16 seats in parliament, […]

Juan Cole

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Liberty without Thought:  Kahlil Gibran

Liberty without Thought: Kahlil Gibran

From Kahlil Gibran, “The Vision,” available at Amazon.com.

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
British PM Anthony Eden and the Persian Poet Hafiz

British PM Anthony Eden and the Persian Poet Hafiz

“I suppose that anyone with sort of broad European culture has a fairly good idea of Persian history– he must have– it’s part of our […]

Juan Cole

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America’s new data center:  The Biggest Big Brother of All (TBIJ)

America’s new data center: The Biggest Big Brother of All (TBIJ)

From the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: In the small town of Bluffdale in the Utah desert, the US government is halfway to completing a gargantuan […]

Juan Cole

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Contemporary Coptic Icon of the Resurrection from Egypt (Wall Painting)

Contemporary Coptic Icon of the Resurrection from Egypt (Wall Painting)

A contemporary Egyptian, Coptic Christian icon of the Resurrection by Adel Nassief: “1994 – The Resurrection – Holy Family Church – Bahir, Egypt” courtesy Adelnassief.net, […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (89)

Omar Khayyam (89)

For a whole lifetime, I’ve made praising wine a constant exercise. I always have its  instruments around me. Prude, if reason  is your teacher here, […]

Juan Cole

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