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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?
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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?

Dan Steinbock

New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recently, international media has highlighted the mass famine in Gaza. Yet, there have been effectively three waves […]

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

09/02/2025 By Juan Cole

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

09/02/2025 By Global Voices

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“If Climate Crisis is dealt with in a Patriarchal Way, Needs Won’t be Met” – New head of World Meteorological Organization

“If Climate Crisis is dealt with in a Patriarchal Way, Needs Won’t be Met” – New head of World Meteorological Organization

  Tais Gadea Lara   ( The Third Pole ) – A smile on her face, Celeste Saulo lapped up a rapturous ovation from the […]

The Third Pole

Displaced and Refugees
Survivors Speak Out on Sexual Violence in West Darfur

Survivors Speak Out on Sexual Violence in West Darfur

Laetitia Bader Director, Horn of Africa   ( Human Rights Watch ) – Nusra and Khadija share the bond of being cousins and of living […]

Human Rights Watch

Corporations
The Profiteers of Armageddon: Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex

The Profiteers of Armageddon: Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex

( Tomdispatch.com) – Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few months, you’re undoubtedly aware that award-winning director Christopher Nolan has released […]

William D. Hartung

Climate Crisis
WMO: July to be Hottest month on Record, as World enters era of Global Boiling, Global Burning

WMO: July to be Hottest month on Record, as World enters era of Global Boiling, Global Burning

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The World Meteorological Association said this weekend as July comes to a close that it will have been the hottest […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Egypt and Ethiopia are finally working on a Water Deal – what that means for other Nile River States

Egypt and Ethiopia are finally working on a Water Deal – what that means for other Nile River States

By John Mukum Mbaku, Weber State University | – Egypt and Ethiopia have waged a diplomatic war of words over Ethiopia’s massive new dam – […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis: Though Turkey’s Forests are at Risk from Wildfires, the Country is still Wedded to Dirty Coal

Climate Crisis: Though Turkey’s Forests are at Risk from Wildfires, the Country is still Wedded to Dirty Coal

    In Turkey, when forests are not on fire, they are being destroyed by greedy men in suits Protests to save Akbelen forest continue […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Human Rights
Housing Is a Human Right — Governments Need to Recognize It

Housing Is a Human Right — Governments Need to Recognize It

By Farrah Hassen | ( Otherwords.org ) – In the wealthiest country on the planet, too many people still lack access to housing. The pandemic […]

OtherWords

Climate Crisis
Renewable Energy poised to overtake Coal, Providing 1/3 of Global Electricity: IEA

Renewable Energy poised to overtake Coal, Providing 1/3 of Global Electricity: IEA

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Energy Agency’s report on electricity markets is out and it has some good news. Depending on how cold […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Sinead O'Connor's Music and Life were infused with Spiritual Seeking, From the Hebrew Prophets, to Rasta, to Islam

Sinead O’Connor’s Music and Life were infused with Spiritual Seeking, From the Hebrew Prophets, to Rasta, to Islam

By Brenna Moore, Fordham University | – When news broke July 26, 2023, that the gifted Irish singer Sinead O’Connor had died, stories of her […]

The Conversation

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