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A Dangerous Profession, from Palestine to Iran:  When Journalists are the Target
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A Dangerous Profession, from Palestine to Iran: When Journalists are the Target

Fariba Amini

“Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.” – ― Stefan […]

How the UN Can Act Decisively to End Genocide in Gaza

How the UN Can Act Decisively to End Genocide in Gaza

09/03/2025 By Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Researching the Roots of War to Fight Militarism

Researching the Roots of War to Fight Militarism

09/03/2025 By William D. Hartung

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Jaafari Seeks Party Re Vote On His

Jaafari Seeks Party Re Vote On His

Jaafari seeks Party Re-Vote on his Candidacy AP reports that Ibrahim Jaafari, nominated in February for a second term as prime minister by the United […]

Juan Cole

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Cost Of War Heading Toward One

Cost Of War Heading Toward One

Cost of War Heading toward One Trillion Dollars Some less ethical automobile salesmen will deploy a tactic called “low-balling.” The young naive couple comes in […]

Juan Cole

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Wsj 20 Billion Year In Lost Arab

Wsj 20 Billion Year In Lost Arab

WSJ: $20 Billion a Year in Lost Arab Tourism Meanwhile, hassling Arab visitors and making their visas difficult to get and being mean to them […]

Juan Cole

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20000 Kidnapped Parliament To Open

20000 Kidnapped Parliament To Open

20,000 Kidnapped? Parliament to Open Amid Continued Violence Guerrilla violence killed at least 19 persons on Wednesday in Iraq. Some reports say that among the […]

Juan Cole

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James Aronson Award For Social Justice

James Aronson Award For Social Justice

James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism 2005 I kept meaning to blog the nice award ceremony held April 12 in New York at Hunter […]

Juan Cole

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Golden Oldie Character Assassination

Golden Oldie Character Assassination

A Golden Oldie: Character Assassination You really only have to write the reply once; the smears don’t change over time. From December 2004: Yes, I’m […]

Juan Cole

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Political Crisis Worsens As Sectarian

Political Crisis Worsens As Sectarian

Political Crisis Worsens as Sectarian War Threatens The Financial Times reports further on the fighting in Adhamiyah on Monday and Tuesday, asking whether the incident […]

Juan Cole

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Shiites Stick With Jaafari 26 Dead

Shiites Stick With Jaafari 26 Dead

Shiites Stick with Jaafari 26 Dead, with clashes in Adhamiyah, Ramadi 26 Iraqis died in guerrilla violence on Monday. 17 corpses surfaced in Baghdad, and […]

Juan Cole

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Americana In Arabic Library

Americana In Arabic Library

Americana in Arabic Library There has been a wonderful public response to my plea for contributions to the Global Americana Institute and our hopes to […]

Juan Cole

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