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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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The Byzantine Empire was Multicultural, So why are QAnon and White Supremacists Idolizing it?

The Byzantine Empire was Multicultural, So why are QAnon and White Supremacists Idolizing it?

By Roland Betancourt | – From Charlottesville to the Capitol, medieval imagery has been repeatedly on show at far-right rallies and riots in recent years. […]

The Conversation

Chaldeans
Pope Francis Preaches Tolerance in War Torn Iraq, and Even Militias Welcome Him

Pope Francis Preaches Tolerance in War Torn Iraq, and Even Militias Welcome Him

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reports that Pope Francis began his unprecedented trip to Iraq on Friday, his first visit abroad since the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
How Biden is already being drawn into unwinnable Tit for Tat with Iraqi Militias

How Biden is already being drawn into unwinnable Tit for Tat with Iraqi Militias

( 48hills.org ) – For the first time, the Biden Administration ordered a cross-border military attack in the Middle East. On February 26, seven US […]

Reese Erlich

Afghanistan
Women in Afghanistan worry peace accord with Taliban extremists could cost them hard-won rights

Women in Afghanistan worry peace accord with Taliban extremists could cost them hard-won rights

Mona Tajali and Homa Hoodfar | – Three Afghan women who worked at a media company were gunned down in Jalalabad in early March. In […]

The Conversation

Bashar al-Assad
Is it still possible to prevent the collapse of Syria?

Is it still possible to prevent the collapse of Syria?

By Marwan Kabalan | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Syrian intellectuals and activists from across political and intellectual spheres are busy searching for […]

Middle East Monitor

Epidemics
Typical Republican: The Racism and Anti-Science behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbot's Lifting of Covid Restrictions

Typical Republican: The Racism and Anti-Science behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbot’s Lifting of Covid Restrictions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this week lifted the Texas mask mandate and allowed businesses freely to open. Roughly half the […]

Juan Cole

censorship
For the Sake of Preventing More Journalists’ Murders, Biden Must Punish Saudi Arabia’s MBS (And I Should Know)

For the Sake of Preventing More Journalists’ Murders, Biden Must Punish Saudi Arabia’s MBS (And I Should Know)

Seattle (Special to Informed Comment) – The horrific outcome of Jamal Khashoggi’s story is not dissimilar to the tales of many journalists, including my own, […]

Sara Jamshidi

Iraq
The US has dropped 326,000 bombs on people in other countries since 2001, Most Recently in Syria

The US has dropped 326,000 bombs on people in other countries since 2001, Most Recently in Syria

( Code Pink) – On February 25th, President Biden ordered U.S. air forces to drop seven 500-pound bombs on Iraqi forces in Syria, reportedly killing […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Arms Sales
Failing Upward: Pentagon’s more and more Expensive Boondoggles (that don’t even work)

Failing Upward: Pentagon’s more and more Expensive Boondoggles (that don’t even work)

( Tomdispatch.com) – Cancel culture is a common, almost viral, term in political and social discourse these days. Basically, somebody expresses views considered to be […]

William J. Astore

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