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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Iran: ‘Hijab’ protests challenge legitimacy of Islamic Republic

Iran: ‘Hijab’ protests challenge legitimacy of Islamic Republic

By Scott Lucas, University College Dublin | – (The Conversation) – Three weeks after the violent death of 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini at […]

The Conversation

Feminism
Women in Turkey, Including Turkish Kurds, stand in solidarity with Women of Iran

Women in Turkey, Including Turkish Kurds, stand in solidarity with Women of Iran

By Arzu Geybullayeva | – From video campaigns circulating on social media to street protests and singers cutting their hair on stage — women from […]

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Are OPEC+ Oil Cuts, Raising Prices, the Arab World's Way of Asking Biden what He's done for them Lately?

Are OPEC+ Oil Cuts, Raising Prices, the Arab World’s Way of Asking Biden what He’s done for them Lately?

By Hazem Ayyad | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Amir Hossein Zamani Nia, Iran’s OPEC governor, announced when he left a meeting with […]

Middle East Monitor

Authoritarianism
Young Unveiled Iranian Women Protesters Keep Mysteriously falling off Buildings, According to Country’s Police

Young Unveiled Iranian Women Protesters Keep Mysteriously falling off Buildings, According to Country’s Police

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Like Russian officials and failed diplomats, who seem to fall off buildings at a dizzying rate, Iranian young women under […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Hope for a New Day in Iran?

Hope for a New Day in Iran?

Hiroshima (Special to Informed Comment) — In 1975, when I was 16, my father’s work took our family to Turkey. It was hard parting. I […]

Nassrine Azimi

Batteries
In Irony, $9.7 bn. GigawattFactory Hub for Battery, Renewables, to be Built by Coal Firm on Wasteland its Open Mining Created

In Irony, $9.7 bn. GigawattFactory Hub for Battery, Renewables, to be Built by Coal Firm on Wasteland its Open Mining Created

By Edgar Meza | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – German energy group LEAG, the country’s second biggest electricity producer and a key lignite […]

Clean Energy Wire

Antarctica
Climate Tipping Points could lock in unstoppable Changes to the Planet – how Close are They?

Climate Tipping Points could lock in unstoppable Changes to the Planet – how Close are They?

By David Armstrong McKay, Stockholm University | – Continued greenhouse gas emissions risk triggering climate tipping points. These are self-sustaining shifts in the climate system […]

The Conversation

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Dark Brandon Pardons Those Convicted of Pot Use, Righting a Historical Wrong: The 'War on Drugs' Targeted Minorities

Dark Brandon Pardons Those Convicted of Pot Use, Righting a Historical Wrong: The ‘War on Drugs’ Targeted Minorities

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a pardon for all federal convicts on the charge of marijuana possession. Mr. Biden […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Why Most Muslims Celebrate Mawlid, the Prophet Muhammad's Birthday, despite Wahhabi Disapproval

Why Most Muslims Celebrate Mawlid, the Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday, despite Wahhabi Disapproval

By Deina Abdelkader, UMass Lowell | – (The Conversation) – Most Muslims celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad on the 12th day of the […]

The Conversation

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