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Taking an Oath on the Qur’an, like Mamdani, attests its Long History in America
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Taking an Oath on the Qur’an, like Mamdani, attests its Long History in America

Juan Cole

But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg

How to combat the Big Oil Propaganda that is stalling Climate Action

How to combat the Big Oil Propaganda that is stalling Climate Action

01/03/2026 By The Conversation

The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future

The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future

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Egypt
Kusha: Iran vs. Egypt: Qualitative Differences in Capabilities

Kusha: Iran vs. Egypt: Qualitative Differences in Capabilities

Kusha Sefat writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment: In delineating the differences and similarities between the recent Egyptian uprising and the one that […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
The World Oil Politics of the Libyan Revolt

The World Oil Politics of the Libyan Revolt

The question of what comes after Qaddafi became more complicated on Sunday, as rival claims to forming a provisional liberated government emerged. Former Justice Minister […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Rudolph: Can You Pass The Saudi Arabia Quiz?

Rudolph: Can You Pass The Saudi Arabia Quiz?

Jeffrey Rudolph writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Saudi Arabia, an Islamic absolute monarchy, has enjoyed extremely close relations with the United States, […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Top Pieces of Unfinished Business in the Mideast

Top Pieces of Unfinished Business in the Mideast

1. Some 6000 protesters marched in Jordan on Friday. They said they wanted to transform the Jordanian monarchy into a European-style, constitutional monarchy and to […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Popular Army to March on Tripoli, as Qaddafi Massacres Protesters

Popular Army to March on Tripoli, as Qaddafi Massacres Protesters

Aljazeeera Arabic is reporting that Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi has lost control of much of Tripoli and really only dominates the area of the capital […]

Juan Cole

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Qaddafi invokes Phony Al-Qaeda Threat as he Massacres Protesters

Qaddafi invokes Phony Al-Qaeda Threat as he Massacres Protesters

Muammar Qaddafi continued to be little more on Thursday than the mayor of Tripoli, but he bared his fangs with murderous attacks on protesters in […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Clueless in the District of Columbia (Engelhardt)

Clueless in the District of Columbia (Engelhardt)

I was thinking that in light of the labor and youth revolutions of 2011, Washington’s focus on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the past […]

Juan Cole

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90% of Libya in Rebel Hands

90% of Libya in Rebel Hands

The LAT reports that the rebellion against Muammar Qaddafi’s 41-year dictatorship in Libya headed toward an end-game on Wednesday, as Misurata, the country’s third-largest city […]

Juan Cole

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30% of Libya in Hands of Youth Movement

30% of Libya in Hands of Youth Movement

If we begin at the eastern border of Libya with Egypt this morning and move west, we find the country is now divided in two, […]

Juan Cole

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