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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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Can a Right-Wing Indian-British Billionaire Save the Conservative Party from Instability and Growing Unpopularity?

Can a Right-Wing Indian-British Billionaire Save the Conservative Party from Instability and Growing Unpopularity?

London (Special to Informed Comment) – In a further display of chaos within the UK Conservative Party and British government, Britain has appointed its third […]

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How Palestinian Youth resisted Israeli Occupation: with a Haircut

How Palestinian Youth resisted Israeli Occupation: with a Haircut

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Dissent
The Protests in Iran are part of a long History of Women’s Resistance

The Protests in Iran are part of a long History of Women’s Resistance

By Niloofar Hooman, McMaster University | – On Sept. 16, Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman, died in Tehran while in the custody of […]

The Conversation

China
One City in China Plans More Offshore Wind Capacity by 2030 than the Entire United States

One City in China Plans More Offshore Wind Capacity by 2030 than the Entire United States

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Shenzhen Daily reports that the city of Chaozhou in China’s southern Guangdong Province is planning the world’s largest offshore […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
Review of Amnon Kapeliouk, Not by Omission: The Case of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War

Review of Amnon Kapeliouk, Not by Omission: The Case of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War

Barcelona (Special to Informed Comment) – Review of Amnon Kapeliouk, Not by Omission: The Case of the 1973 Arab–Israeli War (London: Verso, 2022). The 1973 […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Dissent
Iran's Universities Turn Into A Major Battleground Amid Anti-Government Protests

Iran’s Universities Turn Into A Major Battleground Amid Anti-Government Protests

By Golnaz Esfandiari and Mohammad Zarghami | – ( RFE/RL ) – Dozens of students protested outside the law faculty at Tehran’s Allameh Tabatabei University […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Houthi
UN Rights Body Fails Yemeni People, Again:  Zero Accountability for War Crimes

UN Rights Body Fails Yemeni People, Again: Zero Accountability for War Crimes

By Joey Shea Acting Researcher, Yemen and Bahrain | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – On October 7, the Human Rights Council adopted, without […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
On Turning 70 in a Graying, Climate-threatened World where Christians and Muslims must learn to Understand Each Other

On Turning 70 in a Graying, Climate-threatened World where Christians and Muslims must learn to Understand Each Other

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A daily column is inevitably personal, even if the focus is, as with Informed Comment, on current events. Today I’m […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Ministry of Truth? Critics Warn Turkey's new "Disinformation" Law is a Backdoor to Heavy-handed Censorship and outlawing Dissent

Ministry of Truth? Critics Warn Turkey’s new “Disinformation” Law is a Backdoor to Heavy-handed Censorship and outlawing Dissent

By Arzu Geybullayeva | – Turkish lawmakers approved a bill on October 13 purportedly meant to combat fake news and disinformation, but local civil society […]

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