On Christmas Day, I like to recall the significance of Jesus and the nativity for Muslims. I’ve talked about Rumi, Attar, and other mystics. Today […]
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Public Libraries under MAGA Threat: Banning what Matters
( Tomdisptach.com) – When my mother died in 2000, I inherited all her books. Sadly, after several moves and downsizings over the decades, her collection […]
Why, Despite the Arab Spring and Mass Protests of the 2010s, People Got the Opposite of What they Wanted
Review of Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution (New York: PublicAffairs, 2023). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – At […]
Little Room For Negotiation Between Iran And U.S. Amid Middle East Tensions
By Michael Scollon ( RFE/RL ) – Like two heavyweight boxers, the United States and Iran circle the ring — flexing their muscles without stepping […]
Netanyahu’s Position becoming more Uncertain as he rejects Hamas Deal to end War
By Anne Irfan, UCL | – (The Conversation) – The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has rejected a ceasefire plan put forward by Hamas, calling […]
Netanyahu Plans to chase 1.4 mn. Refugees from Rafah, then to Invade, as Biden complains, “Over the Top”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the Israeli army has agreed on a plan prepared for the land invasion […]
As Palestinians continue to Die, the History of their Betrayal by the ‘Free World’ tells us Why (Juan Cole at Scheerpost)
Legendary journalist Bob Scheer interviews Juan Cole at Scheer Intelligence Juan Cole, “As Palestinians continue to die, the history of their betrayal by the ‘Free […]
U.S. Officials Acknowledge Moral Issues at Stake in Gaza
By Edward Hunt ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Over the past several months, officials in Washington have acknowledged that one of the fundamental […]
‘Hell No!’: Trump Allies’ Plan to Privatize Medicare Draws Alarm and Outrage
Jake Johnson A right-wing coalition that’s been laying the policy groundwork for another Trump presidency has developed a plan to further privatize Medicare by […]
Systemic Journalistic Malpractice: How Western Journalism Failed in covering Gaza
At the beginning of their classic Manufacturing Consent, Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman pondered the proposition that “media are independent and committed to discovering and […]
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