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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

09/09/2025 By Juan Cole

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

09/09/2025 By Open Democracy

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Bahrain
Top Developments in the Arab Spring Today

Top Developments in the Arab Spring Today

1. Egypt’s security police and other forces are alleged to have killed 13 persons and wounded hundreds more at Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo as […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Army vs. People in Egypt

Army vs. People in Egypt

Thousands of protesters in and around Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo clashed for a second day on Sunday with Egyptian security forces, with some 18 […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Libya Should Turn Saif over to the Int'l Criminal Court

Libya Should Turn Saif over to the Int’l Criminal Court

The capture of Saif al-Islam Qaddafi on Saturday has created a knotty set of political and judicial issues. Aljazeera English has video: Saif was indicted […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Muslim Brotherhood and Liberals Confront Military Rule in Egypt

Muslim Brotherhood and Liberals Confront Military Rule in Egypt

Al-Ahram reports in Arabic that hundreds of thousands of Egyptians all around the country protested on Friday against the military remaining in power. The Muslim […]

Juan Cole

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OWS under Pressure:  Banks Bailed out, People Sold Out

OWS under Pressure: Banks Bailed out, People Sold Out

The Occupy Wall Street held a series of rallies around the country on Thursday, in response to the attempt of Mayor Michael Bloomberg to remove […]

Juan Cole

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Serri:  Iran’s UN Inspectors are Repeating the Iraq Mistakes

Serri: Iran’s UN Inspectors are Repeating the Iraq Mistakes

Hamid Serri of Florida International University writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency under Yukiya Amano is adopting […]

Juan Cole

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Movie-Made Me

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Movie-Made Me

Every childhood has its own geography and every child is an explorer, as daring as any Peary or Amundsen or Scott…

Tom Engelhardt

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Gingrich Called for Jail for Politicians with Freddie Mac Ties

Gingrich Called for Jail for Politicians with Freddie Mac Ties

Disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff on Wednesday accused Newt Gingrich of “corruption” for taking roughly $1.6 million from private/public mortgage company Freddie Mac. When pressed, […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Arab League Suspends Syria as Israeli Warns of "Islamic Empire"

Arab League Suspends Syria as Israeli Warns of “Islamic Empire”

The Arab League suspended Syria on Wednesday at its meeting in Rabat, Morocco, and gave the Baath government three days to cease shooting protesters or […]

Juan Cole

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