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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (2) [Whinfield 1]

Omar Khayyam (2) [Whinfield 1]

At dawn a shout     awoke us in      that watering hole… you crazed         carousing             drunk! Get up and grab that bottle    let’s finish what we started […]

Juan Cole

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Why the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s Victory at the Polls May not be Decisive

Why the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s Victory at the Polls May not be Decisive

The Muslim Brotherhood received a little over a third of the votes in the third round of elections for the lower house of parliament. Since […]

Juan Cole

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World’s Stupidest Guerrillas Kill over 70 Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq

World’s Stupidest Guerrillas Kill over 70 Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq

Guerrillas in Iraq staged a serious of bloody bombings targeting Shiites on Thursday. Shiite Muslims are on the move, meeting and going on pilgrimage to […]

Juan Cole

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Jahanpour:  As US and Iran Confront Each other, where is the Diplomacy?

Jahanpour: As US and Iran Confront Each other, where is the Diplomacy?

Dr. Farhang Jahanpour writes in a guest column for Informed Comment : The war of words between Iran and the West has reached dangerous proportions, […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Bill McKibben, Buying Congress in 2012

Tomgram: Bill McKibben, Buying Congress in 2012

My resolution for 2012 is to be naïve — dangerously naïve…

Juan Cole

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Turkey Warns against Sunni-Shiite Civil War in Mideast

Turkey Warns against Sunni-Shiite Civil War in Mideast

Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu Ahmet Davutoglu warned Wednesday in Tehran against a Sunni-Shiite civil war in the Middle East, which he said was being encouraged […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (1) [Whinfield 26]

Omar Khayyam (1) [Whinfield 26]

In these one,     two,        three days       a lifetime has passed, like cascading waters     or a desert squall. But regret for two days […]

Juan Cole

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US sees Iranian Military Spending as Threat

US sees Iranian Military Spending as Threat

courtesy Ben Adler @ Reuters

Juan Cole

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Three Republican Bears and none Just Right

Three Republican Bears and none Just Right

Why did Mitt Romney win Iowa? Not because he is the ideal candidate, but because the Republican faithful will just have to settle. That the […]

Juan Cole

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