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Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?
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Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?

Dan Steinbock

Israel seeks to demolish the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA in the occupied territories, in the war against the poorest in the Global South

“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

01/27/2026 By Juan Cole

Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

01/27/2026 By Yale Climate Connections

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Can You Pass the Hezbollah Quiz?  (Rudolph)

Can You Pass the Hezbollah Quiz? (Rudolph)

CAN YOU PASS THE HEZBOLLAH QUIZ? By Jeffrey Rudolph Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia Islamic organization, has evolved over the last three decades from a guerilla […]

Juan Cole

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Looking out from the Misrata War Memorial Museum, Libya (Photo)

Looking out from the Misrata War Memorial Museum, Libya (Photo)

Photograph by Juan Cole, late May 2012. View from the Misrata War Memorial Museum, looking across the street. The Misrata revolutionaries raided Qaddafi’s compound in […]

Juan Cole

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“Now the King loved science and geometry…” (Chagall Lithograph from Arabian Nights)

“Now the King loved science and geometry…” (Chagall Lithograph from Arabian Nights)

Marc Chagall, “Now the King loved science and geometry…” Color lithograph 14 1/2 x 11 inches 1948 “Four Tales from the Arabian Nights,” Plate 10. […]

Juan Cole

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Romney on Jerusalem: A World of Hurt for America

Romney on Jerusalem: A World of Hurt for America

As expected, Mitt Romney in Israel tried his hardest to make casino mogul and Likud Party stalwart Sheldon Adelson happy. Adelson has pledged $100 million […]

Juan Cole

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“Kuwait Stock Exchange” (Andreas Gursky Photograph)

“Kuwait Stock Exchange” (Andreas Gursky Photograph)

Andreas Gursky, “Kuwait Stock Exchange,” Photograph, 2007. Discussed here at Quaerentia as showing us a new way of looking at ‘capitalism in its temple.’

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Most Distasteful things about Romney Trip to Israel

Top Ten Most Distasteful things about Romney Trip to Israel

The trip of Republic Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to Israel is in bad taste for lots of reasons. 1. He is holding a fundraiser at […]

Juan Cole

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“Dubai World III” (Gursky Photograph)

“Dubai World III” (Gursky Photograph)

Andreas Gursky, “Dubai World III,” Photograph, 2008. Gursky (b. Leipzig, 1955) studied at the Dusseldorf Art Academy and is known for his large scale prints […]

Juan Cole

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Diary from Damascus (John Wreford)

Diary from Damascus (John Wreford)

John Wreford writes at Yourmiddleeast.com Photographer John Wreford has lived in Syria for many years and still remains in his house in Damascus’ Old City. […]

Juan Cole

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The Olympics and the Muslims

The Olympics and the Muslims

The Olympic Games are rooted in an ancient Greek custom, but they were revived in the 1890s very much in the framework of the emergence […]

Juan Cole

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