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Mideast Regimes met the Arab Spring youth with Iron Fists and Sectarianization, but anti-Corruption Protests Continue
Simon Mabon | – As the popular refrain of “ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam” rang out across the Middle East in the early months of 2011, […]
First Arab Muslim Satellite enters Mars Orbit: UAE’s Arabo-Futurism and its Princess Leias
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Americans who are used to imagining Arab Muslim civilization as backward or barbaric might be surprised to hear that the […]
The Plastic Plague: Fish are eating more Microplastics, and We are eating those Fish
By Alexandra McIntur and Matthew Savoca | – Trillions of barely visible pieces of plastic are floating in the world’s oceans, from surface waters to […]
Mr. Erdogan: Cease Turkish Gov’t Campaign against Boğaziçi University, Students, Faculty and Institutions
Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association of North America H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of the Republic of Turkey T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı […]
Time to Roll up our Sleeves and Fix this: Trump left us with Heightened Climate, Nuclear Danger
( Tomdispatch.com) – If you live in California, you’re likely to be consumed on occasion by thoughts of fire. That’s not surprising, given that, in […]
Whites still won’t Mask up: Impeach Trump for discouraging Hygiene in a pandemic and killing hundreds of thousands
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – One of Trump’s biggest crimes for which he is unlikely ever to be held responsible was just discouraging mask-wearing in […]
Climate Crisis and Water Conflict: How Saudi’s water insecurity led to war in Yemen
Stavanger, Norway (Special to Informed Comment) – In the early hours of 14 September 2019, a fleet of drones attacked the Abqaiq-Khurais oil refinery in […]
The Gamestop Affair shows that America is over-financialized and needs a tax on speculation
Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – It would be unfair to suggest that the titans of Wall Street are oblivious to poverty. One […]
I analyzed all of Trump’s tweets to find out what he was really saying
By Michael Humphrey | – The tally was in, it was clear Donald Trump had lost – and he tweeted: “either a new election should […]
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