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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Israel/ Palestine
Being There, Being Here: Palestinian Writings in the World

Being There, Being Here: Palestinian Writings in the World

( Middle East Monitor ) – Maurice Ebileeni’s study of Palestinian literary narratives and the imaginings of the Palestinian homeland highlights the need to rethink […]

Ramona Wadi

Batteries
Developing Morocco, which already gets twice as much of its Electricity from Renewables as US, plans new 800 MW Hybrid Solar Facility

Developing Morocco, which already gets twice as much of its Electricity from Renewables as US, plans new 800 MW Hybrid Solar Facility

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Morocco hosted a big energy conference with 19,000 attendees recently, at which it celebrated its partnership with Masdar, the green […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Electric Cars let German Consumers  Save Huge on Gasoline, Cut Russian Oil - Greenpeace

Electric Cars let German Consumers Save Huge on Gasoline, Cut Russian Oil – Greenpeace

By Edgar Meza | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – Electric vehicles can save up to 300 euros [$331] a month compared to cars with […]

Clean Energy Wire

Counter-Terrorism
US could have done more to prevent civilian casualties in Raqqa, report says

US could have done more to prevent civilian casualties in Raqqa, report says

( Middle East Monitor ) – The United States could have done more to eliminate the chances of killing civilians in the campaign to capture […]

Middle East Monitor

Coal
In Victory against Coal, South African Court rules that clean Air is a Constitutional Right

In Victory against Coal, South African Court rules that clean Air is a Constitutional Right

By Rebecca Garland, University of Pretoria | – A court in South Africa has confirmed the constitutional right of the country’s citizens to an environment […]

The Conversation

Archaeology
Israeli Archeologists find Proof of Muslim-Christian Ecumenism among Crew of Shipwreck from Dawn of Islam

Israeli Archeologists find Proof of Muslim-Christian Ecumenism among Crew of Shipwreck from Dawn of Islam

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ariel David writing at Haaretz reports on Haifa University marine archeologists who have been investigating a shipwreck that sank off […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Syrian Government, the World's Great Torturer, outlaws Torture: If it is a Joke, it isn't Funny

Syrian Government, the World’s Great Torturer, outlaws Torture: If it is a Joke, it isn’t Funny

By Sara Kayyali | Syria Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division | ( Human Rights Watch ) – This is not an April Fools’ […]

Human Rights Watch

Apartheid
The latest UN report blasts Israeli apartheid re: Palestinians, Demands Countries Take Action

The latest UN report blasts Israeli apartheid re: Palestinians, Demands Countries Take Action

( Middle East Monitor ) – UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk has issued one of his strongest condemnations yet of Israeli apartheid in a report […]

Ramona Wadi

Islam
What is Ramadan and why does it require Muslims to fast?

What is Ramadan and why does it require Muslims to fast?

Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt University | – Intermittent fasting is now becoming popular, with many promised health benefits. But Muslims have been practising fasting in […]

The Conversation

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