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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

10/02/2025 By The Conversation

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

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

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 […]

Dan Steinbock

Iran
“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

The eleventh quatrain in the first edition Edward FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám became one of the more famed poems in the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Hassan Herzallah Before the war, Hassan was a university student chasing his dreams. Now he risks his life every day to feed his family (OpenDemocracy.net […]

Open Democracy

Academic Freedom
Celebrating Court Ruling Striking down Trump’s $2 Billion Funding Freeze on Harvard

Celebrating Court Ruling Striking down Trump’s $2 Billion Funding Freeze on Harvard

Middle East Studies Association of North America Court rules on Harvard College v. HHS Lawsuit in Favor of Harvard The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) […]

Middle East Studies Association

Donald Trump
Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health

Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – With a Cabinet full of fascists, fools, drunks, and sycophants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands out as a […]

Dan Dinello

Iran
“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

The tenth quatrain in the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám continues the theme of the irrelevance of political power to happiness, […]

Juan Cole

Brazil
Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

By Eman Abusidu ( Middle East Monitor ) – US President Donald Trump escalated tensions with Brazil on Friday (5), labeling the South American country’s […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Trump as a Slow-Motion Apocalypse

Trump as a Slow-Motion Apocalypse

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Imagine for a moment a nuclear weapon exploding over… well, you name it: Pakistan, India or, for that matter, Ukraine, Russia, […]

Tom Engelhardt

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Morocco Produces 1 gigawatt of Solar Panels Annually, as it turns to Floatovoltaics

Morocco Produces 1 gigawatt of Solar Panels Annually, as it turns to Floatovoltaics

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Morocco continues to be a pioneer in renewable energy in Africa and the Arab world. The International Trade Administration notes […]

Juan Cole

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