Ironically, the strike was fully supported by the Muslim president of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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Three Things that might Trigger massive Ice Sheet Collapse
By Inès Otosaka, Northumbria University, Newcastle (The Conversation) – The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are highly vulnerable to global warming and scientists are being […]
Conflict in Mecca: The Prophet Muhammad and Soft Power
I gave an online talk to the `Inekas [Reflection] Study Group of scholars in Iran on a chapter of my book, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace […]
“Into this Universe:” Heidegger and FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:29
One recurrent theme in the unconventional quatrains that were later gathered under the rubric of the The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is surprise at having […]
“Identity is never fixed:” Interview with Iranian-American Artist Soraya Sharghi
Written byOmid Memarian Soraya Sharghi, ‘Rising with the Song of Nymphs,’ 2021. Acrylic on canvas, 152,4 x 236,2 cm (60 x 93 in). Photo courtesy […]
Rumi and Shakespeare: On Forgiveness and Reconciliation
This essay first appeared at Renovatio, a humanities publication of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, Ca. Thanks to Hamza Yusuf and Safir Ahmad. NB the hyperlinks […]
One Year After Assad’s Fall: Iran’s Strategic Collapse In Syria
By Iliya Jazaeri and Kian Sharifi ( RFE/ RL ) – One year after Assad’s fall, Iran grapples with the collapse of its key regional ally. […]
The Transatlantic Rift over Gaza’s Future
Europe wants to reduce the suffering in Gaza. The U.S. is focused on security. By Imran Khalid | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – […]
Israel is Sinking into the Abyss of Netanyahu’s Dictatorship
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It appears unlikely that the Israeli Justice Ministry will approve a pardon for Israeli PM Benjamin “Bibi” […]
“With them the seed of Wisdom:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:28
Quatrain no. 28 in the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám continues riffing on stanza 121 in the Bodleian manuscript. XXVIII. […]
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