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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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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

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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

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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

Climate Crisis
Navajo Nation Declares State of Emergency due to Extreme Heat

Navajo Nation Declares State of Emergency due to Extreme Heat

By: Shondiin Silversmith – (AZ Mirror ) With temperatures hitting well above 110 degrees in the southern parts of Arizona, the Navajo Nation in the […]

AZ Mirror

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City of Berlin adopts $5.2 bilion Climate Protection Fund to Reduce Fossil Fuel Dependency

City of Berlin adopts $5.2 bilion Climate Protection Fund to Reduce Fossil Fuel Dependency

By Jennifer Collins | – Clean Energy Wire / Tagesspiegel / RBB ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Berlin’s Senate has adopted a five-billion-euro climate […]

Clean Energy Wire

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The Other Sinead O'Connor, Pro-Palestinian Critic of Violent Israeli Extremist Ben-Gvir, and Muslim Convert

The Other Sinead O’Connor, Pro-Palestinian Critic of Violent Israeli Extremist Ben-Gvir, and Muslim Convert

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tragically, Sinead O’Connor is dead at 56. Many of the obituaries of Irish protest singer have been oddly thin, and […]

Juan Cole

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