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Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions
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Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions

Mehmet Rakipoglu

The Arab revolutionary wave that began in 2011 presents two of its most significant, yet fundamentally divergent, case studies: Egypt and Syria

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A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

12/06/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

12/06/2025 By Cronkite News Arizona PBS

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Mumbai Muslims Castigate Attackers as Criminals; Footage of Capture of Ajmal

Mumbai Muslims Castigate Attackers as Criminals; Footage of Capture of Ajmal

Aljazeera English has more on the Indian Muslim Council Trust’s request that the attackers of Mumbai not be buried in the city’s Muslim cemetery. The […]

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Obama Sticks to 16 Month Timetable; Gives Gates ‘New Mission’; 38 Killed, 100 Wounded in Spate of Bombings;

Obama Sticks to 16 Month Timetable; Gives Gates ‘New Mission’; 38 Killed, 100 Wounded in Spate of Bombings;

President-elect Barack Obama reaffirmed on Monday that he wants to withdraw US troops from Iraq within 16 months of his inauguration. That would be well […]

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Obama Sticks to 16 Month Timetable; Gives Gates ‘New Mission’; 38 Killed, 100 Wounded in Spate of Bombings;

Obama Sticks to 16 Month Timetable; Gives Gates ‘New Mission’; 38 Killed, 100 Wounded in Spate of Bombings;

President-elect Barack Obama reaffirmed on Monday that he wants to withdraw US troops from Iraq within 16 months of his inauguration. That would be well […]

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Jones at NSC; Even knows French (Eat your Heart out Tom DeLay)

Jones at NSC; Even knows French (Eat your Heart out Tom DeLay)

The last eight years of yahoo anti-intellectualism (i.e. worship of stupidity) is coming to an end. I note that incoming National Security Adviser Gen. James […]

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Jones at NSC; Even knows French (Eat your Heart out Tom DeLay)

Jones at NSC; Even knows French (Eat your Heart out Tom DeLay)

The last eight years of yahoo anti-intellectualism (i.e. worship of stupidity) is coming to an end. I note that incoming National Security Adviser Gen. James […]

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Rivera: How Obama’s Presidency will Affect People of Color Forever

Rivera: How Obama’s Presidency will Affect People of Color Forever

Jeff Rivera writes in a guest op-ed for IC This week Obama appointed members for his national security team which included his former nemesis, Hillary […]

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Rivera: How Obama’s Presidency will Affect People of Color Forever

Rivera: How Obama’s Presidency will Affect People of Color Forever

Jeff Rivera writes in a guest op-ed for IC This week Obama appointed members for his national security team which included his former nemesis, Hillary […]

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Indian Muslims Refuse to Bury Militants

Indian Muslims Refuse to Bury Militants

The Muslim community in Mumbai says it doesn’t want the gunmen who attacked Mumbai to be buried in the Muslim cemetery, on the grounds that […]

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Indian Muslims Refuse to Bury Militants

Indian Muslims Refuse to Bury Militants

The Muslim community in Mumbai says it doesn’t want the gunmen who attacked Mumbai to be buried in the Muslim cemetery, on the grounds that […]

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