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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel’s Increasingly Extremist Turn to Misogyny is Pinkwashed, while the Press Stereotypes Muslims

Israel’s Increasingly Extremist Turn to Misogyny is Pinkwashed, while the Press Stereotypes Muslims

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) – Pinkwashing of discrimination against women in Israeli politics and society has led western politicians and media to ignore the […]

Mohammed Samaana

Israel/ Palestine
The Great March of Hope: Gaza’s Defiance against Erasure

The Great March of Hope: Gaza’s Defiance against Erasure

( Middle East Monitor ) – The return of one million Palestinians from southern Gaza to the north on 27 January felt as if history […]

Ramzy Baroud

Syria
Syrian Regime Change: How rebel Victories often lead to unstable, non-inclusive Governments

Syrian Regime Change: How rebel Victories often lead to unstable, non-inclusive Governments

By Sally Sharif, University of British Columbia (The Conversation) – Syria’s rebel leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has defended his decision to fill his cabinet with wartime […]

The Conversation

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Are we All Hungarians now, or Palestinians?  Trump’s Onslaught on the Rule of Law and Civil Liberties

Are we All Hungarians now, or Palestinians? Trump’s Onslaught on the Rule of Law and Civil Liberties

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Most of (convicted felon) Donald Trump’s Executive Orders are brazenly unconstitutional, and stand to be reversed in […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
Cognitive Strength and Community: Psychological coping Mechanisms of displaced Palestinians

Cognitive Strength and Community: Psychological coping Mechanisms of displaced Palestinians

In the face of relentless war and displacement, Palestinians find strength in solidarity, transforming loss into resilience By Omar Shahin ( Globalvoices.org ) – In […]

Global Voices

Displaced and Refugees
“The Lion has Fallen:” The End of Syria’s Brutal Regime and the Fate of the Refugees

“The Lion has Fallen:” The End of Syria’s Brutal Regime and the Fate of the Refugees

By Helen Benedict ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Six years ago, at the time of the first Trump administration’s Muslim ban and its initial round of […]

Tomdispatch

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On the 46th Anniversary of Iranian Revolution:  An Interview with Amb. John Limbert

On the 46th Anniversary of Iranian Revolution: An Interview with Amb. John Limbert

“No one should be surprised that the Iranian Revolution took a religious form.   The fact that God appears on almost every page does not reflect […]

Fariba Amini

Donald Trump
Making America great again by ethnically Cleansing the Palestinian People

Making America great again by ethnically Cleansing the Palestinian People

By Mohammad Makram Balawi | – US President Donald Trump’s remarks about his call with the king of Jordan and his suggestion that Amman should […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid in Sudan, Yemen, etc. That’s Not True

“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid in Sudan, Yemen, etc. That’s Not True

By Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester | – ( ProPublica ) – On Friday morning, the staffers at a half dozen U.S.-funded medical facilities […]

ProPublica

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