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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

09/09/2025 By Juan Cole

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

09/09/2025 By Open Democracy

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In Turkey, Women are feeling the worst Aftershocks of the earthquake Disaster and wondering where the Government is

In Turkey, Women are feeling the worst Aftershocks of the earthquake Disaster and wondering where the Government is

By Willow Kreutzer, University of Iowa and Stephen Bagwell, University of Missouri-St. Louis | – When natural disasters strike, women and girls tend to experience […]

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Donald Trump
Trump and the Triviality of Evil

Trump and the Triviality of Evil

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A New York Grand Jury empaneled by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has indicted the former president, Donald John Trump. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Solar and Wind to Supply 16% of US Electricity this Year, But some States are in the Vanguard

Solar and Wind to Supply 16% of US Electricity this Year, But some States are in the Vanguard

By: By Robert Zullo –   Despite supply-chain problems amid the lingering effects of the pandemic, 2022 saw major increases in solar and wind power […]

Minnesota Reformer

Iran
What does “Secularism” mean in the Iran Protests?

What does “Secularism” mean in the Iran Protests?

By Roodabeh Dehghani, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa | – Since the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini in September 2022, much has been said and written […]

The Conversation

US politics
America’s Callous disregard for its Veterans after the Wars are Over

America’s Callous disregard for its Veterans after the Wars are Over

( Tomdispatch.com) – Here’s something we seldom focus on when it comes to war, American-style, even during the just-passed 20th anniversary of our disastrous invasion […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Climate Crisis
Game-Changer: Tiny Islands of Vanuatu Convince UN to seek Int'l Court Ruling on Harms of Climate Emergency

Game-Changer: Tiny Islands of Vanuatu Convince UN to seek Int’l Court Ruling on Harms of Climate Emergency

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Vanuatu, a set of South Pacific islands, is not what you would call a prominent international player. The small country […]

Juan Cole

Congress
U.S. Senate in bipartisan Vote repeals decades-old Iraq War Authorizations, But Marco Rubio voted ‘No’

U.S. Senate in bipartisan Vote repeals decades-old Iraq War Authorizations, But Marco Rubio voted ‘No’

By: Jennifer Shutt –   ( Florida Phoenix) – WASHINGTON — U.S. senators revoked their approval for the Gulf and Iraq wars on Wednesday, taking […]

Florida Phoenix

European Union
‘Dirty Smear Campaign:’  How the United Arab Emirates Spread Hysteria against Islam in Europe (Yes)

‘Dirty Smear Campaign:’ How the United Arab Emirates Spread Hysteria against Islam in Europe (Yes)

      Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks     ( Middle East Monitor) – A “smear campaign” alleged to be orchestrated by the United Arab Emirates […]

Middle East Monitor

Archaeology
DNA Study: Medieval Iranian Merchants account for Half of the Ancestry of Swahili People of East African Coast

DNA Study: Medieval Iranian Merchants account for Half of the Ancestry of Swahili People of East African Coast

By Chapurukha Kusimba, University of South Florida and David Reich, Harvard University | – The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilization is a source of […]

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