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Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard
Abbasid Empire

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Northeastern England fell to the Vikings in 865, and they held it for several decades. They not only had what […]

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

08/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

08/13/2025 By Juan Cole

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Egypt
Assassinating Dreams in Egypt: Amr

Assassinating Dreams in Egypt: Amr

Ahmed Amr writes in a guest op-ed for Informed Comment: Nostalgia for more innocent times is a comforting refuge when hope is scarce. last week, […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Did the Muslim Brotherhood Threaten to Kill “All Jews”?

Did the Muslim Brotherhood Threaten to Kill “All Jews”?

The Muslim Brotherhood and other religious parties in Egypt (including the Salafis and the Gama’a al-Islamiya) held a rally at al-Husayn Square in Cairo last […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Empire by the Numbers

Empire by the Numbers

Number of Pakistani troops killed at checkpoint Saturday by a US helicopter raid from Afghanistan: 25 Number of NATO supply trucks allowed to cross from […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Anti-Liberal Netanyahu Slams Arab Spring as Anti-Liberal

Anti-Liberal Netanyahu Slams Arab Spring as Anti-Liberal

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said yesterday that he had been right to oppose the forced resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak last February and […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Beeman:  Letter from Iran

Beeman: Letter from Iran

This is the second in a series of letters written this week from Iran by University of Minnesota Professor William Beeman. Since Americans hear so […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Things Americans can be Thankful for 2011

Top Ten Things Americans can be Thankful for 2011

News is too often defined as bad news. At a time when many Americans are unemployed or under-employed, or have lost their homes or seen […]

Juan Cole

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Gingrich Urges War with Iran and Skyrocketing Oil Prices

Gingrich Urges War with Iran and Skyrocketing Oil Prices

New Gingrich, sleep-walked into a declaration of war on Iran in last night’s Republican foreign policy debate. Here is the relevant exchange: “BLITZER: The argument, […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Protesters Reject Military Concessions, Demand Officers Return to Barracks

Egyptian Protesters Reject Military Concessions, Demand Officers Return to Barracks

On Wednesday morning there were clashes between protesters and the military at the Ministry of Interior, which the interim government feared might be invaded and/or […]

Juan Cole

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Students, Pepper Spray & Class War: Cole in Truthdig

Students, Pepper Spray & Class War: Cole in Truthdig

My column, ” How Students Landed on the Front Lines of a Class War” is out in Truthdig.

Juan Cole

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