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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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Oil Pipeline Near Karbala Blown Up

Oil Pipeline Near Karbala Blown Up

Oil Pipeline near Karbala Blown Up Saboteurs have long prevented oil from being pumped from Kirkuk to Turkey through sabotage of the oil pipelines. But […]

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Bombing At Kurdish Police Station Kills

Bombing At Kurdish Police Station Kills

Bombing at Kurdish Police Station Kills 13, Wounds Dozens Reuters now says that a suicide bomber killed himself and 13 policemen in an attack on […]

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Al Hakim To Us Stop Stalling On

Al Hakim To Us Stop Stalling On

Al-Hakim to US: Stop Stalling on Elections AP reports that Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), has […]

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Kwiatkowski On Neoconservative Coup At

Kwiatkowski On Neoconservative Coup At

Kwiatkowski on the Neoconservative Coup at the Pentagon The LA Weekly interviews Karen Kwiatkowsky, retired US Air Force Lt. Colonel, who watched the Neocon network […]

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Prominent Sunni Cleric Assassinated

Prominent Sunni Cleric Assassinated

Prominent Sunni cleric Assassinated The Chicago Tribune reports on the assassination Saturday in the Western Baghdad quarter of Khadra of prominent Sunni cleric Shaikh Dhamir […]

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Update On Americana In Arabic Project

Update On Americana In Arabic Project

Update on Americana in Arabic Project The project to translate key works of American thought, culture and history into Arabic and have them properly distributed […]

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4 Us Soldiers Wounded Their Translator

4 Us Soldiers Wounded Their Translator

4 US soldiers Wounded, their Translator Killed According to Reuters, ”’Four US soldiers were wounded and their Iraqi translator was killed in a small arms […]

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Four Members Of Karbalas Provincial

Four Members Of Karbalas Provincial

Four Members of Karbala’s Provincial Assembly Resign under Pressure from Sistani al-Hayat: Four members of Karbala’s American-appointed provincial council yielded to the demands that they […]

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Is Iraq Arab Country Islam Online

Is Iraq Arab Country Islam Online

Is Iraq an Arab Country? Islam Online reports a heated debate in Iraq and in the Interim Governing Council over whether Iraq should be identified […]

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