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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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art and photography
Contemporary Muslim Artists continue to adapt Islamic Patterns to challenge Ideas about fixed Culture

Contemporary Muslim Artists continue to adapt Islamic Patterns to challenge Ideas about fixed Culture

By Soheila Kolahdouz Esfahani, Western University | – What is culture? In today’s globalized world, we are familiar with seeing various cultural objects and ornamentation […]

The Conversation

Featured
For First Time, Israeli Security deploys Tear-Gas Drones against Palestinians worshiping at the al-Aqsa Mosque

For First Time, Israeli Security deploys Tear-Gas Drones against Palestinians worshiping at the al-Aqsa Mosque

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – For the first time on Friday, Israeli forces deployed drones to deliver military-grade tear gas at the al-Aqsa Mosque complex […]

Juan Cole

History
The Ukraine Invasion and the Weight of the Crimean War: “We hate most those we harm the most”

The Ukraine Invasion and the Weight of the Crimean War: “We hate most those we harm the most”

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – There are some fascinating similarities between the Crimean War of the 1850s and the Ukraine War of 2022. […]

Hugh J. Curran

Far Right
Putin and Le Pen: The History of an Alliance between Russia and France’s far Right

Putin and Le Pen: The History of an Alliance between Russia and France’s far Right

By Marlene Laruelle, George Washington University | – Days before the second round of the French presidential elections, far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (Rassemblement […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
45% of New Cars in Germany Non-Gasoline Vehicles, 25% EVs

45% of New Cars in Germany Non-Gasoline Vehicles, 25% EVs

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Almost half of all new cars registered in Germany earlier this year were equipped […]

Clean Energy Wire

African-Americans
Under DeSantis, Republican "Child Identity" McCarthyism comes for Mickey Mouse

Under DeSantis, Republican “Child Identity” McCarthyism comes for Mickey Mouse

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Gov. Ron DeSantis’s attack on the Disney Corporation may seem odd, coming from a pro-business governor in a state where […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate change triggering global Collapse in Insect Numbers: stressed Farmland shows 63% Decline

Climate change triggering global Collapse in Insect Numbers: stressed Farmland shows 63% Decline

By Tim Newbold, UCL; and Charlie Outhwaite, UCL | – Insects are critical to the future of our planet. They help to keep pest species […]

The Conversation

Algeria
Why the French Election is Haunted by the Ghost of Colonialism in Algeria: Roots of Far-Right Le Pen

Why the French Election is Haunted by the Ghost of Colonialism in Algeria: Roots of Far-Right Le Pen

By Mustafa Fetouri | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Whether France is voting, commemorating D-day or debating French identity in terms of Republic […]

Middle East Monitor

Epidemics
The Poor at the Crossroads: The First and Worst Hit by Pandemics of Every Sort

The Poor at the Crossroads: The First and Worst Hit by Pandemics of Every Sort

( Tomdispatch.com ) – The 54th anniversary of the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., just passed. Dr. King was shot down while organizing […]

Liz Theoharis

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