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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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Maliki-Sadr Agreement on Sadr City; Al-Maliki Heads to Mosul

Maliki-Sadr Agreement on Sadr City; Al-Maliki Heads to Mosul

The al-Maliki government and the Sadrists pulled back from the brink in Sadr City on Saturday. PM Nuri al-Maliki had demanded that the Mahdi Army […]

Juan Cole

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Sadrists Denounce Sistani and al-Maliki

Sadrists Denounce Sistani and al-Maliki

AFP reports that on Friday an aide to junior cleric Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr lashed out at Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani over his silence at the […]

Juan Cole

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OSC: Lebanon — Both Sides Take Tough Line, Leave Room To Maneuver

OSC: Lebanon — Both Sides Take Tough Line, Leave Room To Maneuver

The USG Open Source Center analyzes the Lebanese press on the crisis between the Seniora government and Hizbullah, suggesting that despite their harsh words, they […]

Juan Cole

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Beirut Ramping Up

Beirut Ramping Up

Irina Prentice writes from Beirut: Beirut Ramping Up Yesterday afternoon the political fight came to a head, turning to armed conflict throughout key neighborhoods in […]

Juan Cole

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Lebanon takes 2 Steps toward Civil War; Beirut in Chaos

Lebanon takes 2 Steps toward Civil War; Beirut in Chaos

On late Friday, the Lebanese army moved into some neighborhoods that had been taken during the day by the Hizbullah militia. Hizbullah routed Sunni militiamen […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sadr City Residents Warned to Leave;

Sadr City Residents Warned to Leave;

AFP reports, “25 killed as Rockets Shatter Basra Calm.” Shiite guerrillas fired a barrage of rockets at the British base out at the airport in […]

Juan Cole

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Sick Guest Op-Ed: More on Hillary Clinton and Obliterating Iran

Sick Guest Op-Ed: More on Hillary Clinton and Obliterating Iran

Gary Sick, a political scientist at Columbia University and former National Security Council staffer under Carter and Reagan, writes: Hillary Clinton’s warning that the United […]

Juan Cole

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Happy 60th to Israel

Happy 60th to Israel

Israel is celebrating its 60th anniversary, and let me take this opportunity to wish my Israeli readers a happy anniversary. The Middle East is always […]

Juan Cole

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Violence in Beirut

Violence in Beirut

Violence in Lebanon Courtesy al-Hayat Update: CNN is reporting that the Lebanese military is reluctant to intervene in street fighting between pro-Hizbullah forces and supporters […]

Juan Cole

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