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Genetic Study shows “Phoenicians,” like all “Nations” were a Multi-Ethnic Franchise
Archaeology

Genetic Study shows “Phoenicians,” like all “Nations” were a Multi-Ethnic Franchise

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Harald Ringbauer et al. writing in Nature report on a genetic study of the ancient Phoenicians that is really going […]

The Madeleine ship: A Message of Solidarity with Gaza and resolve to break the Blockade

The Madeleine ship: A Message of Solidarity with Gaza and resolve to break the Blockade

06/01/2025 By Juan Cole

Cheers And Jeers As Cannes-Winning Director Jafar Panahi Returns To Iran

Cheers And Jeers As Cannes-Winning Director Jafar Panahi Returns To Iran

06/01/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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The "Destruction of the Third Temple"?  Israel's Apocalyptic Civil War Weakens State, Military

The “Destruction of the Third Temple”? Israel’s Apocalyptic Civil War Weakens State, Military

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Friday, all hell broke loose in Israel, even more so than the recent norm. The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 […]

Juan Cole

European Union
Turkey has a long Road ahead with renewed European Union Bid

Turkey has a long Road ahead with renewed European Union Bid

Written byArzu Geybullayeva ( Globalvoices.org) – On July 20, European Union foreign ministers met to discuss Ankara’s renewed accession demands and agreed to re-engage with […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Biodiversity
The Forgotten Amazon: As a Critical Summit Nears, Politicians must Work Against Deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon

The Forgotten Amazon: As a Critical Summit Nears, Politicians must Work Against Deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon

By Victor Galaz, Stockholm University | – When asked to situate the world’s most iconic rainforest on a map, most people will pinpoint Brazil. And […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Germany on Track to 3 new Gigawatts of Onshore Wind this Year as Expansion Accelerates

Germany on Track to 3 new Gigawatts of Onshore Wind this Year as Expansion Accelerates

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The speed of Germany’s onshore wind power expansion is accelerating, but it is still […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

Egypt
The Existential Crisis of the Muslim Brotherhood

The Existential Crisis of the Muslim Brotherhood

Review of Abdelrahman Ayyash, Amr ElAfifi, and Noha Ezzat, Broken Bonds: The Existential Crisis of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, 2013-22 (Washington, DC: The Century Foundation, 2023). […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Archaeology
416,000 Years Ago, All Greenland's Ice Melted and Raised Sea Levels 5-20 Feet: A Warning from the Past

416,000 Years Ago, All Greenland’s Ice Melted and Raised Sea Levels 5-20 Feet: A Warning from the Past

By Paul Bierman, University of Vermont, and Tammy Rittenour, Utah State University | – About 400,000 years ago, large parts of Greenland were ice-free. Scrubby […]

The Conversation

Congress
The Orwellian US Congressional Ministry of Truth just denied Israeli Apartheid toward Palestinians

The Orwellian US Congressional Ministry of Truth just denied Israeli Apartheid toward Palestinians

Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks   ( Middle East Monitor ) – The two major political parties in the US have waded into the debate about whether […]

Middle East Monitor

Displaced and Refugees
Migration and the Shadow of War: How the Real Story of a Migrant Boat Disaster Escaped our Attention

Migration and the Shadow of War: How the Real Story of a Migrant Boat Disaster Escaped our Attention

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Seeking news coverage about the Adriana, the boat crowded with some 700 people migrating to Europe to seek a better life […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Africa
Hey Jason Aldean:  All Humans owe their Big Brains and Survival as a Species to Afro-Textured Hair

Hey Jason Aldean: All Humans owe their Big Brains and Survival as a Species to Afro-Textured Hair

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Afro-textured hair has been a frequent object of racist denigration. In April 2007 radio shock jock Don Imus got himself […]

Juan Cole

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