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When Zohran Mamdani campaigned in Arabic, He was Speaking an old American Language
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When Zohran Mamdani campaigned in Arabic, He was Speaking an old American Language

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani made a campaign ad in quite passable colloquial Arabic for the some 180,000 Arab residents of […]

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How Zohran Mamdani is the Future: Affordability and the Dignity of Working People

How Zohran Mamdani is the Future: Affordability and the Dignity of Working People

11/03/2025 By Tomdispatch

Lasting Peace and Recovery in Gaza depends on local Participation, not just Ceasefires

Lasting Peace and Recovery in Gaza depends on local Participation, not just Ceasefires

11/03/2025 By The Conversation

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56 Dead in Iraq Violence Spike in Attacks on US Troops out of Anger over Israel It’s Iraq, Stupid, concludes the Trib on the basis […]

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190 Hizbullah Rockets Rain Down On

190 Hizbullah Rockets Rain Down On

190 Hizbullah Rockets Rain down on Israel 21 Wounded There had been some question about whether Hizbullah’s ability to hit Israel with rockets had been […]

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Karen Hughes Denies Israel Has Blank

Karen Hughes Denies Israel Has Blank

Karen Hughes Denies Israel Has Blank Check Fierce Fighting at Aita al-Shaab, Baalbak Karen Hughes, W.’s official in charge of public diplomacy to the Muslim […]

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70 Killed In Civil Violence 45

70 Killed in Civil Violence 45 Pilgrims Kidnapped Grand Ayatollahs Turn on Shiite Government? Amid a wave of bombings and violence on Tuesday, among the […]

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Brown Guest Editorial From Suez To

Brown Guest Editorial From Suez To

Brown Guest Editorial: From Suez to Baalbak Kenneth Brown* writes: SUEZ A HALF-CENTURY ON: THE CONTINUATION OF WAR BY WAR As a visiting American student […]

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Israeli Ground War Ramps Up Worldwide

Israeli Ground War Ramps Up Worldwide

Israeli Ground War Ramps Up; Worldwide Rallies; Iraqi Vice President Slams Israel There were widespread protests in the Muslim world on Monday against the Qana […]

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Sistani Fatwa On Qana Fatwa By Grand

Sistani Fatwa On Qana Fatwa By Grand

Sistani Fatwa on Qana The fatwa by Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani condemning Israel for the Qana massacre and threatening the United States with consequences if […]

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Israeli Hizbullah Battles In Deep

Israeli Hizbullah Battles In Deep

Israeli-Hizbullah Battles in Deep South Israelis Bombed Qana while Relief and Rescue troops worked Update: Israeli war planes conducted further air raids Monday morning, despite […]

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What Is Hizbullah Western And Israeli

What Is Hizbullah Western And Israeli

What is Hizbullah? Western and Israeli pundits keep comparing Hizbullah to al-Qaeda. It is a huge conceptual error. There is a crucial difference between an […]

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