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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure
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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure

Fariba Amini

When they called your name at midnight, In your thoughts, morning blossomed from a blood-stained horizon.

Juan Cole on Iran War:  “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

Juan Cole on Iran War: “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

03/05/2026 By Juan Cole

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

03/05/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis

17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis

The reason Gaza has this monstrous number of orphans is that the Israeli government killed their parents, including their mothers

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

Despite the damage it has sustained in recent conflicts with the US and Israel, Iran maintains formidable capabilities

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Academic Freedom
Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

The Los Angeles Public Library invited authors Janan Matari and Nora Lester Murad to an event on their books as part of Read Palestine Week

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Israel’s Enduring Colonial Project in Palestine

Israel’s Enduring Colonial Project in Palestine

Settler colonialism is a structure rather than an event, governed by a persistent logic of elimination aimed at securing land

Mehmet Rakipoglu

Israel/ Palestine
Judaism as an Occupied Territory

Judaism as an Occupied Territory

The most conspicuous example is the ongoing mass-carnage in, and of, Gaza, carried out by Israel, yet fully enabled by the US and Europe

Moshe Behar

Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s Death Cards:  ICE Brings the War Home

Donald Trump’s Death Cards: ICE Brings the War Home

What they found instead of their loved ones were customized  ace of spades playing cards that read “ICE Denver Field Office”

Nick Turse

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Former Israeli PM, in Epstein Files, Dreamed of Israeli Eugenics and Pretty Converts

Former Israeli PM, in Epstein Files, Dreamed of Israeli Eugenics and Pretty Converts

former Israeli PM Ehud Barak is being held to account, only because the ruling Likud Party perceives him as an enemy of their agenda

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel
Is Turkey in Israel’s Crosshairs, after Iran?  A Strategic Rivalry Reconsidered

Is Turkey in Israel’s Crosshairs, after Iran? A Strategic Rivalry Reconsidered

A new axis: Turkey, a member of NATO with a thriving economy and global ambitions, is building a Sunni axis that might be even more powerful

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Why Islamic Finance could provide an ethical Model for funding the green Transition

Why Islamic Finance could provide an ethical Model for funding the green Transition

Islamic finance, with its core values of fairness and social responsibility, could enhance credibility and transparency within green finance

The Conversation

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