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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
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The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Are Young Arabs Abandoning Religion?

Are Young Arabs Abandoning Religion?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Arab Barometer in partnership with the BBC has interviewed a weighted sample of 25,000 people in the Arab world. […]

Juan Cole

Nonviolence
Can the Anti-War Movement of the Silent Majority stop Trump's Warmongers?

Can the Anti-War Movement of the Silent Majority stop Trump’s Warmongers?

By Allegra Harpootlian | – (Tomdispatch.com) – When Donald Trump entered the Oval Office in January 2017, Americans took to the streets all across the […]

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Erdogan's Agony: Has Istanbul just begun saving Turkish Democracy?

Erdogan’s Agony: Has Istanbul just begun saving Turkish Democracy?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Istanbul has clapped back for democracy big time, electing as mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu of the secular Republican Peoples Party. İmamoğlu […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump's Dismantling of our Government: Deregulating our Way to Disaster

Trump’s Dismantling of our Government: Deregulating our Way to Disaster

(Informed Comment) – While Trump’s xenophobic and protectionist agenda, thankfully often blocked by the courts, has received the lion’s share of media attention, his henchmen […]

John Buell

Iran
Mideast Peril: How Hardliners in Washington and Tehran are Reinforcing Each Other

Mideast Peril: How Hardliners in Washington and Tehran are Reinforcing Each Other

London (Informed Comment) – Donald Trump’s increasingly aggressive stance towards the Islamic Republic of Iran to supposedly curtail its nuclear capabilities is doomed to fail, […]

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

Iran
Trump caught in Iran War Trap of his own Making

Trump caught in Iran War Trap of his own Making

Kuwait City (Informed Comment) – Iran–US tensions have reached the tipping point. The downing of a Global Hawk RQ4C surveillance drone, a high prized US […]

Mohammed Nuruzzaman

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Dear Trump:  Iran doesn't Have a Military Nuclear Program and Gave up Bomb-Making Potential

Dear Trump: Iran doesn’t Have a Military Nuclear Program and Gave up Bomb-Making Potential

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Julian Borger at The Guardian reports that Trump said Saturday to reporters, “They’re not going to have a nuclear weapon. […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
Why Interning Refugee Children In Military Bases puts them at Risk in Age of Trump

Why Interning Refugee Children In Military Bases puts them at Risk in Age of Trump

By Jana Lipman | – Fort Sill, an army base in Oklahoma, will soon become a refugee camp. The Department of Health and Human Services […]

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Saudi Arabia
A Terrible Week for Saudi’s MBS Shows Tide is Turning

A Terrible Week for Saudi’s MBS Shows Tide is Turning

Arms Sales Suspensions and Damning Report on Khashoggi Murder Are a Strong Signal to Riyadh

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