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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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Victory Of Hamas And Miseries Of Bushs

The Victory of Hamas and the Miseries of Bush’s Policies My article about the victory of Hamas in the Palestinian elections is out at Salon.com. […]

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Minister Of Industry Almost Killed Us

Minister Of Industry Almost Killed Us

Minister of Industry Almost Killed US Tilting to Sunni Arabs? Assassinations in Kirkuk, a near-death of the minister of industry (and actual deaths of his […]

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Split In Sunni Guerrilla Movement

Split In Sunni Guerrilla Movement

Split in Sunni Guerrilla Movement Gilbert Achcar kindly shares this translation of an article from al-Hayat on splits in the Sunni Arab guerrilla movement. ‘ […]

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Pipeline Blasted Again Sunnis Want

Pipeline Blasted Again Sunnis Want

Pipeline Blasted Again Sunnis want Federalism postponed until 2009 Guerrillas blew up pipelines again on Wednesday, halting Iraqi petroleum exports through Turkey. There were some […]

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Achcar On Basra British Gilbert Achcar

Achcar On Basra British Gilbert Achcar

Achcar on Basra & British Gilbert Achcar kindly writes: ‘ Dear Friends, I searched a couple of British newspapers today and could not find any […]

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7 Troops Killed In 2 Days Sunni Arabs

7 Troops Killed In 2 Days Sunni Arabs

7 Troops killed in 2 Days Sunni Arabs warn of Paralysis Guerrillas used roadside bombs to kill 7 US and coalition troops in the past […]

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Rafsanjani Warns Against Us Policy In

Rafsanjani Warns Against Us Policy In

Rafsanjani Warns against US Policy in Iraq Muqtada Demands Islamic Rule Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said Monday as he met with young Iraqi […]

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Top Ten Mistakes Of Bush

Top Ten Mistakes Of Bush

Top Ten Mistakes of the Bush Administration in Reacting to Al-Qaeda Usamah Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri murdered 3,000 Americans, and they both issued tapes […]

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Muqtada Pledges Defense Of Iran From

Muqtada Pledges Defense Of Iran From

Muqtada Pledges Defense of Iran from US attack Iranian FM calls for US Troop Withdrawal from Iraq AP reports that guerrilla violence left dozens dead […]

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