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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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Trump-Saudi War on Yemen Collapsing as Southern Separatists Take Aden

Trump-Saudi War on Yemen Collapsing as Southern Separatists Take Aden

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Yemen, a country of 28 million and one of the poorest in the world, had already become a byword for […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
To Avoid Boiling the Earth, we Need a New Agriculture: Farming emits 1/3 of Greenhouse Gases

To Avoid Boiling the Earth, we Need a New Agriculture: Farming emits 1/3 of Greenhouse Gases

By Mark Howden | – We can’t achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement without managing emissions from land use, according to a special […]

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Afghanistan
Trump may Want out of Afghanistan, but He's setting Stage for Global Conflict

Trump may Want out of Afghanistan, but He’s setting Stage for Global Conflict

Even if Trump manages to end the war in Afghanistan, he’s fueling other wars that will be even more devastating.

John Feffer

China
Could Trump's Paranoia on China Bankrupt Us?  His Staged Trade War is Failing

Could Trump’s Paranoia on China Bankrupt Us? His Staged Trade War is Failing

China is coming after us! Time to steel ourselves for battle against the human-rights-violating, currency-manipulating, job-grabbing, intellectual-property-stealing, missile-launching evil doers. Or so Washington, D.C. would […]

Reese Erlich

Donald Trump
Valhalla Awaits! After White Terrorism at Oslo Mosque, what if Trump spoke about Supremacists the Way he does Islam?

Valhalla Awaits! After White Terrorism at Oslo Mosque, what if Trump spoke about Supremacists the Way he does Islam?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A young Norwegian man wearing body armor and carrying two shotguns and a handgun attacked the Al-Noor Mosque in a […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Humanity hasn't experienced a Month as Hot as July in all the Time since Millard Fillmore was President

Humanity hasn’t experienced a Month as Hot as July in all the Time since Millard Fillmore was President

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – July was the hottest month ever recorded, i.e. the hottest since about 1850 when scientific records began being kept around […]

Juan Cole

India
India’s colossal blunder in Kashmir

India’s colossal blunder in Kashmir

By Ayesha Ray | – In a stunningly dangerous, undemocratic and secretive move, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government repealed Articles 370 and […]

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia
Are changes to Saudi Arabia’s Guardianship Laws really about Women?

Are changes to Saudi Arabia’s Guardianship Laws really about Women?

By Zarqa Parvez | – Saudi women are amongst the strongest, most intelligent and inspirational women in the Middle East. Female Saudi academics and activists […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change
Next: The Climate Crisis is Coming for Your Food

Next: The Climate Crisis is Coming for Your Food

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The sources of the climate emergency are often framed with regard to electricity generation and transportation, while the impact of […]

Juan Cole

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