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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

09/09/2025 By Juan Cole

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

09/09/2025 By Open Democracy

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14 Years after the Arab Spring Youth Revolution in Egypt, the Problems that provoked it are Even Worse

14 Years after the Arab Spring Youth Revolution in Egypt, the Problems that provoked it are Even Worse

Rusha Latif, author of Tahrir’s Youth: “The problems and grievances that drove the 2011 Egyptian revolution remain and are much worse today” Munich, Germany (Special […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Donald Trump
How Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Cashing in on Trump

How Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Cashing in on Trump

Fossil fuel billionaires are being rewarded for investing in Trump’s campaign. By Chuck Collins | – ( Otherwords.org ) – As he left office, President […]

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Syria
Syria after Assad: A fresh Chance for inclusive Governance and Power-Sharing, or more of the Same?

Syria after Assad: A fresh Chance for inclusive Governance and Power-Sharing, or more of the Same?

By Allison McCulloch, Brandon University and Dr. Sören Keil, University of Passau (The Conversation) – The end of a half-century of Assad family rule in […]

The Conversation

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Above all Now, Workers’ Unions are the Way Forward

Above all Now, Workers’ Unions are the Way Forward

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – My father was a family doctor in the mid-twentieth century whose main political issue was socialized medicine, […]

H. Patricia Hynes

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Iran: Unchecked Repression of Dissent

Iran: Unchecked Repression of Dissent

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Iranian authorities have continued their brutal, targeted repression even though the new Iranian president has promised change, Human Rights Watch […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
‘Every Blast is an open Wound’: how the Chaos of War breeds deadly Superbugs that spread around the World

‘Every Blast is an open Wound’: how the Chaos of War breeds deadly Superbugs that spread around the World

By Christine Carson, The University of Western Australia (The Conversation) – The war in Gaza will leave its mark in many ways, long after the […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump 2.0 and Palestinians: From Reversal to Repression

Trump 2.0 and Palestinians: From Reversal to Repression

The first Trump administration reversed decades of US policies regarding Palestinians. The new one shuns genocidal atrocities. It prefers cultural genocide. New York (Special to […]

Dan Steinbock

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As Gaza Ceasefire takes hold, Israeli Forces turn to Jenin – a regular Target seen as a Center of Palestinian Resistance

As Gaza Ceasefire takes hold, Israeli Forces turn to Jenin – a regular Target seen as a Center of Palestinian Resistance

By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona (The Conversation) – Just two days after a shaky ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel on Jan. […]

The Conversation

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The Moment Trump Won the 2024 election, the 8 Richest Men in the World gained another $64 billion

The Moment Trump Won the 2024 election, the 8 Richest Men in the World gained another $64 billion

By Liz Theoharis and William D. Hartung ( Tomdispatch.com ) – With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, advocates for peace, social […]

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