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Top 4 Reasons Netanyahu Bombed Negotiators’ Offices in Qatar
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Top 4 Reasons Netanyahu Bombed Negotiators’ Offices in Qatar

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bombed the building being used by civilian Hamas negotiators in Doha, Qatar, […]

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

09/11/2025 By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

Remembering William Blake on our Relationship with Nature in an Age of Environmental Degradation

Remembering William Blake on our Relationship with Nature in an Age of Environmental Degradation

09/11/2025 By Mark Vernon

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Arab revolutions Continue

Arab revolutions Continue

5. Tunisia’s Muslim religious party, Ennahda, has pledged to retain the secular character of the Tunisian constitution. Leader Rashid Ghanoushi says that the party won’t […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (87)

Omar Khayyam (87)

Hurry up, for you will be separated from the spirit. You will go behind the  curtain of God’s mysteries. Have some wine, since you don’t […]

Juan Cole

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Life of Omar Khayyam, Part 2 (Documentary)

Life of Omar Khayyam, Part 2 (Documentary)

Part two of “The Genius of Omar Khayyam”

Juan Cole

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Iraq Slams Saudis, Qataris for Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels

Iraq Slams Saudis, Qataris for Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels

The meeting of the so-called ‘Friends of Syria’ group of nations in Istanbul on Sunday produced some heated exchanges over a key issue: whether to […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (83)

Omar Khayyam (83)

Khayyam, you wove tents of wisdom, but fell into a campfire  and suddenly burned up. The scissors of fate severed  the guy ropes of your […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Welcome to the New Third World of Energy, the U.S.

Tomgram: Michael Klare, Welcome to the New Third World of Energy, the U.S.

Michael Klare writes at Tomdispatch.com: A New Energy Third World in North America? How the Big Energy Companies Plan to Turn the United States into […]

Juan Cole

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Instruments of War Propaganda (Jamiol Cartoon)

Instruments of War Propaganda (Jamiol Cartoon)

This cartoon courtesy of Jamiol’s World. Congratulations to Paul Jamiol on the publication of his book of trenchant editorial cartoons from the past couple of […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Life of Omar Khayyam, Part 1 (Documentary)

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:

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (75)

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 […]

Juan Cole

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