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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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Day of Wrath no. 7 in Egypt

Day of Wrath no. 7 in Egypt

50,000 protesters in Tahrir Square on 7th day of Wrath, as Muslim Brotherhood backs off Elbaradei endorsement. Army fires heavy artillery warning shots in air […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Million-Person March Planned as Elbaradei made Opposition Leader

Million-Person March Planned as Elbaradei made Opposition Leader

Protesters in downtown Cairo on Monday morning were calling for a general strike. On Tuesday, they said they will launch a ‘million-person march,’ clearly with […]

Juan Cole

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Kolin: How the US Became a Police State

Kolin: How the US Became a Police State

Andrew Kolin writes in a guest column for Informed Comment To understand how the U.S. government became a police state, look no further than how […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt’s Class Conflict

Egypt’s Class Conflict

On Sunday morning there was some sign of the Egyptian military taking on some security duties. Soldiers started arresting suspected looters, rounding up 450 of […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Zewail’s 4 point Plan for Egypt

Zewail’s 4 point Plan for Egypt

Nobelist in chemistry, Dr. Ahmed Zewail of the California Institute of Technology, is an Egyptian-American who has sometimes been mentioned as a candidate for president […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Mubarak’s Response to Demand for end of Military Rule

Mubarak’s Response to Demand for end of Military Rule

Gen. Hosni Mubarak’s response to a mass uprising demanding an end to military rule in Egypt? He appoints the former head of Egyptian military intelligence […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Mubarak Turns to Military for Support

Mubarak Turns to Military for Support

After a dramatic day in which hundreds of thousands of Egyptians came out in all the major towns and cities of the country to challenge […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
"Egypt is a Praetorian State:" Cole on Democracy Now!

“Egypt is a Praetorian State:” Cole on Democracy Now!

My interview on Democracy Now on the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 is available on the Web. A text transcript follows at that link. and here […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Thousands of Protesters Challenge Police Crackdown in Egypt

Thousands of Protesters Challenge Police Crackdown in Egypt

Thousands of protesters came out into the streets of Cairo on Friday, to be met with concerted opposition from the security police, who kept them […]

Juan Cole

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