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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Another Constitution Cliffhanger

Another Constitution Cliffhanger

Another Constitution Cliffhanger Muqtada urges Followers to Register to Vote Al-Zaman: Informed observers close to the negotiations on the constitution are saying that it is […]

Juan Cole

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Whither Foreign Investment In Iraq

Whither Foreign Investment In Iraq

Whither Foreign Investment in Iraq under Islamic Law? Doug Ireland covers how the US media covered the story that the Bush administration acquiesced in enshrining […]

Juan Cole

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More On Iran And Iraq Or Part 13 Of

More On Iran And Iraq Or Part 13 Of

More on Iran and Iraq Or, Part 13 of the Rumsfeld Follies Anna Badkhen of the San Francisco Chronicle, who has reported from southern Iraq, […]

Juan Cole

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Sufis Condemn Killing Of Innocents Al

Sufis Condemn Killing Of Innocents Al

Sufis condemn Killing of Innocents Al-Zaman: The Legal Rulings Office of the Central Council for Sufi Orders issued a fatwa or legal ruling on Sunday […]

Juan Cole

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Prospect Of Islamic Law In Iraq

Prospect Of Islamic Law In Iraq

The Prospect of Islamic Law in Iraq A secular Muslim reader writes on the reactionary implications of implementing Islamic canon law in Iraq: ‘ Unfortunately […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Exit Plan Robert Collier Of San

Sunni Exit Plan Robert Collier Of San

Sunni Exit Plan? Robert Collier of the San Francisco Chronicle has a very important article today on Sunni Iraqi’s own exit plan for the US, […]

Juan Cole

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Islamic Law Primary In Iraqi

Islamic Law Primary In Iraqi

Islamic Law Primary in Iraqi Constitution Thousands demonstrate against Federalism Kurdish Masses demand right to Secede Guerrillas ambushed a group of special police in Baghdad […]

Juan Cole

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Village Voice On Feith Us Foreign

Village Voice on Feith US foreign policy supports the withdrawal of Israeli colonizers from the Palestinian Gaza Strip. But the outgoing number 3 man at […]

Juan Cole

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Visser On Shiite Separatism In Iraq

Visser On Shiite Separatism In Iraq

Visser on Shiite Separatism in Iraq Reidar Visser’s “Shi‘i Separatism in Iraq: Internet Reverie or Real Constitutional Challenge?” [pdf] is now available online. It is […]

Juan Cole

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