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As Netanyahu Era Ends in Israel, Anti-Arab Racism Causes Political Deadlock
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, leader of the far right Likud Party, has failed to form a government. His […]
Can his Incursion into Syria Help Turkey’s Erdoğan Consolidate Power?
By Ramazan Kılınç | – Omaha, NE (Informed Comment) – Turkey is a country where the status of democracy and human rights has never been […]
Will Tunisia’s Populist “Robocop” new President bring “Freedom and Dignity” or . . .?
By Mohamed Kerrou | – Kaïs Saïed has won Tunisia’s presidential election. This triumph came at the expense of the two forces that have dominated […]
Will Massive Lebanese Demos end the Country’s Era of Corruption?
By Amira Abo el-Fetouh | – We may be too optimistic to hope that the massive demonstrations that have spread in all the cities of […]
No, Trump isn’t Bringing Troops home: Not those in Syria, or any of the 60,000 in the Mideast
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although Trump keeps talking about bringing the troops home from the Middle East, that isn’t what he is doing. There […]
An Arab Autumn:The Hidden Political Poison That Iraq And Lebanon Are Really Protesting About
By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – This month Iraq and Lebanon have anti-government protests in common. Partially that’s due to the ineffective […]
The Rats of Oran: The Far Right’s War on Culture
By John Feffer | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – The far right is on a roll. Just a few years ago, liberals and conservatives would have […]
Archeology and Early Islam: A Yemeni Inscription to “Wadd,” the love god Denounced in the Qur’an
In the Qur’an, the chapter of Noah (71) contains a denunciation of the worship of a set of gods, most of which are not attested […]
Trump hands Oil & Gas to Syria & Russia as he claims “We’ve taken control of the oil in the Middle East”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump claimed that “we’ve taken control of the oil in the Middle East” as a result of his greenlight to […]
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