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A Reluctant (Iranian) Exile: Minister without Portfolio
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A Reluctant (Iranian) Exile: Minister without Portfolio

Joseph Richard Preville

A Review of Minister Without Portfolio: Memoir of a Reluctant Exile by Hooman Majd. Detroit (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Everybody needs a home. […]

Why Trump’s Fight with India could have global Repercussions

Why Trump’s Fight with India could have global Repercussions

09/05/2025 By The Conversation

Will Cancer Prove to be Another Weapon in Israel’s War in Gaza?

Will Cancer Prove to be Another Weapon in Israel’s War in Gaza?

09/05/2025 By Joshua Frank

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Arab World
Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

‘The work is Arab, by and for the diverse Arab peoples. But it is beyond that, thoroughly human’ Written by Omid Memarian Massoud Hayoun, ‘Sick […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Local Journalists and Fixers are being Killed by Israel at unprecedented Rates in Gaza. Can anyone protect them?

Local Journalists and Fixers are being Killed by Israel at unprecedented Rates in Gaza. Can anyone protect them?

By Simon Levett, University of Technology Sydney (The Conversation) – Journalist Mariam Dagga was just 33 when she was brutally killed by an Israeli airstrike […]

The Conversation

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Why Even “Progressive” Dem Leaders won’t Stand up on Gaza: AIPAC’s Undue Influence

Why Even “Progressive” Dem Leaders won’t Stand up on Gaza: AIPAC’s Undue Influence

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Why has the Democratic leadership shown such reluctance to take effective legislative action to halt the flow […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
Let them in: Opening Gaza to the foreign Press Corps

Let them in: Opening Gaza to the foreign Press Corps

by Dr Binoy Kampmark ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Fourth Estate may not be in a good way, corrupted and compromised as it […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Israel is killing far more Civilians than is typical for modern Wars

Gaza: Israel is killing far more Civilians than is typical for modern Wars

By Neta Crawford, University of Oxford (The Conversation) – Hamas killed about 1,200 people in Israel, mostly unarmed civilians, in its surprise attack on southern […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan – climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe

Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan – climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe

By Pintu Kumar Mahla, University of Arizona (The Conversation) – Farmers in South Asia rely on the summer monsoon’s rainfall, but extreme monsoon rains in […]

The Conversation

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Türkiye Bans Israeli Ships, Goods at its Ports, Halts Cargo Overflights, Declares Gaza a Genocide

Türkiye Bans Israeli Ships, Goods at its Ports, Halts Cargo Overflights, Declares Gaza a Genocide

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday that his country would completely cut economic relations with Israel, blocking Israeli ships from […]

Juan Cole

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Host, Bully, Hypocrite: The US’s Shameful Gatekeeping of the United Nations

Host, Bully, Hypocrite: The US’s Shameful Gatekeeping of the United Nations

by Ranjan Solomon ( Middle East Monitor ) – The United States is once again demonstrating that it is unfit to serve as host of […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Trump’s Immigrant Gulags:  A Bonanza For Private Prison Corporations

Trump’s Immigrant Gulags: A Bonanza For Private Prison Corporations

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When it comes to for-profit, private corporate incarceration of immigrants, making lots of money is like drinking […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

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