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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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Israel didn’t silence Palestinian Journalists Alone; We Helped

Israel didn’t silence Palestinian Journalists Alone; We Helped

11/04/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Protesting U of Tennessee’s Firing of Professor Tamar Shirinian for Protected Speech

Protesting U of Tennessee’s Firing of Professor Tamar Shirinian for Protected Speech

11/04/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Blogging at Billmon’s The brief blogging I’m doing this morning is courtesy of the kindness of Billmon, whom I’m visiting. He’ll have something to say […]

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Dems Press For Iraq Investigation

Dems Press for Iraq Investigation Toward A Unified Field Theory of the Fraud? Senator Harry Reid, backed by Senators Charles Schumer and Debbie Stabenow, invoked […]

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Talabani Opposes Military Action

Talabani Opposes Military Action

Talabani Opposes Military Action against Syria Admits Helplessness Some 20 Iraqis were killed or wounded in guerrilla violence on Tuesday. In one incident, a 13 […]

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Car Bomb Kills 20 In Basra 7 Us Troops

Car Bomb Kills 20 In Basra 7 Us Troops

Car Bomb Kills 20 in Basra 7 US Troops Killed Bombing near Qaim Guerrilla violence in Iraq killed 7 GIs on Monday, making October the […]

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Libby Replaced By Scandal Ridden Aides

Libby Replaced By Scandal Ridden Aides

Libby Replaced by Scandal-Ridden Aides Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney replaced his indicted chief of staff, Irving Lewis Libby on Monday with two problematic figures– […]

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Mosul Leaders Threaten To Join

Mosul Leaders Threaten To Join

Mosul Leaders Threaten to Join Guerrilla Movement Protest Firing of Police Commissioner Al-Zaman: Cabinet member Adil Abdul Mahdi’s brother was assassinated on Sunday. A government […]

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Top Five Resignations American People

Top Five Resignations American People

Top Five Resignations the American People Should Demand In the Wake of Libby’s Indictment Apologize? Apologize? Is that all the US Democratic leadership can demand […]

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26 Killed By Car Bomb North Of Baquba

26 Killed By Car Bomb North Of Baquba

26 Killed by Car Bomb North of Baquba 3 US GIs Killed Guerrillas in a Shiite village near Baqubah, northeast of Baghdad, detonated a huge […]

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Sistani May Call For Us Withdrawal

Sistani May Call For Us Withdrawal

Sistani May Call for US Withdrawal Party Coalitions are Finalized The intrepid Hamza Hendawi of AP gets the scoop: Aides around Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, […]

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