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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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G7 Industrialized Democracies Establish Climate Club with Focus on Industry Decarbonization

G7 Industrialized Democracies Establish Climate Club with Focus on Industry Decarbonization

By Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The G7 group of influential economies have set up an international climate club to […]

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Displaced and Refugees
A Year of Global Displacement

A Year of Global Displacement

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – This year had the unwelcome distinction of being the first to see over […]

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Where the Climate Target of 1.5°C (2.7°F) Came from, and Why we must not Lose Sight of its Importance

Where the Climate Target of 1.5°C (2.7°F) Came from, and Why we must not Lose Sight of its Importance

By Piers Forster, University of Leeds | – The US economist William Nordhaus claimed as early as the 1970s, when scientific understanding of climate change […]

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2022 was Deadliest Year for Palestinians under Occupation on Record, with 153 Killed by Israeli Forces, Squatters: UN

2022 was Deadliest Year for Palestinians under Occupation on Record, with 153 Killed by Israeli Forces, Squatters: UN

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Officer of the High Commissioner on Human Rights has issued a press release detailing the views of its […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Iran: dissent by public figures has amplified the protest across the country – and the world

Iran: dissent by public figures has amplified the protest across the country – and the world

By Roja Fazaeli, Trinity College Dublin | – Iran’s Islamic Republic continues to violently suppress ongoing pro-democracy protests, which broke out in September in response […]

The Conversation

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Facing Houthi Victory in Yemen, US Changes Tactics

Facing Houthi Victory in Yemen, US Changes Tactics

By Edward Hunt | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – After years of backing a disastrous, Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, the United States […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Afghanistan
America's Night Raids in Afghanistan:  An Ongoing Nightmare

America’s Night Raids in Afghanistan: An Ongoing Nightmare

By Lynzy Billing. Video by Mauricio Rodríguez Pons | – Prologue March 2019 • Rodat District, Nangarhar Province This story contains graphic descriptions and images […]

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Net Zero by 2045: “California is leading most significant economic transformation since Industrial Revolution”

Net Zero by 2045: “California is leading most significant economic transformation since Industrial Revolution”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – California’s Air Resources Board has announced a wide-ranging set of plans aimed at taking the state to net carbon zero […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Why Istanbul’s mayor was sentenced to jail – and what it means for Turkey’s 2023 presidential race

Why Istanbul’s mayor was sentenced to jail – and what it means for Turkey’s 2023 presidential race

By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University | – A Turkish court’s decision on Dec. 14, 2022, to jail Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu for […]

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