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Palestinian Refugees expelled by Israel to Lebanon are caught in its Multilayered Crisis
By Jaber Suleiman | – (Al-Shabaka) – The disastrous explosion that struck Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020, greatly exacerbated the impact of the COVID-19 […]
Is US Ally Pakistan tempted instead by China-Iran Deal?
Arhama Siddiqa | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is no secret that despite international sanctions, Iran is known for leaving Western powers […]
When America Sneezes, does the whole World catch Cold? Foes and Allies eye a Sick White House
By Monti Datta | – America’s national security officials are on alert and global markets shook – at least briefly – following the announcement that […]
Fundamentalist Pastor and Trumpie John Hagee, who sued over Pandemic Shutdown, Contracts COVID-19
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last summer, the mayor of San Antonio, Ron Nirenberg, ordered all schools closed until September 7 as a mitigation measure […]
The Catastrophic Saudi War in Yemen heads for more Disasters, for Yemenis
By Yaseen Tamimi | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The commander of the Southern Transitional Council in Yemen, Aidarus Al-Zoubaidi, appeared last month in […]
Free at Last! How my Electric Car let me Escape the clutches of Big Carbon and Mideast Oil Dictatorships
Montreal (Special to Informed Comment) – As someone who regularly teaches courses on both Middle Eastern and environmental subjects, I have long been keenly aware […]
Surviving the long Trump Pandemic+ or, 210,000 didn’t Have to Die
(Tomdispatch.com ) – After all these months and 210,000 deaths, you’d think I’d be used to it all, but I’m not. It doesn’t seem even […]
How ExxonMobil’s plan to Surge its CO2 output is Like Trump’s plan to Deal with the Coronavirus
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump made a mad dash to escape his hospital room at Walter Reed, browbeating his military physicians into letting him […]
More Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: ‘With soul afire, words flowing like a sea’
In 1882 Edward Henry Whinfield (d. 1922) brought out a bilingual Persian and English edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, based on eight medieval […]
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