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UN Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese: A Noble Woman
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UN Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese: A Noble Woman

H. Patricia Hynes

Francesca Albanese stands head and shoulders with the great Nobel-Prize women.  Women won for her dedication to international peace

“Time is slipping underneath our Feet:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:37

“Time is slipping underneath our Feet:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:37

02/14/2026 By Juan Cole

UK Supreme Court Strikes down Gov’t Ban on Palestine Action Group

UK Supreme Court Strikes down Gov’t Ban on Palestine Action Group

02/14/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Is Israel De-Industrializing Gaza?

Is Israel De-Industrializing Gaza?

By Martin Lejeune (Maan News Agency) On the night of the July 27, the first day of the Muslim Eid-Al-Fitr festival following the fasting month […]

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Iran
Iranian Woman wins Math Genius Prize, Iranian officials Obsess about her Hair

Iranian Woman wins Math Genius Prize, Iranian officials Obsess about her Hair

By Golnaz Esfandiari via RFE/RL "No hair, no ears, no neck." That's how one journalist described a front-page portrait of Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani that […]

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Bill of Rights
Gov't:  Be Careful what you Say on Facebook:  "Are you on the Terrorist Watchlist?"

Gov’t: Be Careful what you Say on Facebook: “Are you on the Terrorist Watchlist?”

AJ+ “One million people worldwide have been swept up by TIDE, the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment. It’s a list of people suspected of being terrorists […]

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Democracy
Largest Israeli anti-War Rally since Gaza Campaign Began: 10,000 Protest in Tel Aviv

Largest Israeli anti-War Rally since Gaza Campaign Began: 10,000 Protest in Tel Aviv

Reuters: “Anti-war demonstrators protest against the war in Gaza at a rally in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. Rough Cut” – Largest anti-war rally since attack […]

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Bill of Rights
6 Things To Know If Police Stop You In The US

6 Things To Know If Police Stop You In The US

AJ+ “If a police officer were to stop you on the street in the U.S. and start questioning you, what would you do? Check out […]

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Climate Change
Greenland Glaciers Collapsing much Faster than Thought

Greenland Glaciers Collapsing much Faster than Thought

Emory University: “Climate Change: The Physics of Glacier Loss” Related press release from UC Irvine from this spring: “ Greenland will be far greater contributor […]

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Apartheid
After its Failed Gaza Campaign, What next for Israel?

After its Failed Gaza Campaign, What next for Israel?

By Paul Rogers, University of Bradford via The Conversation With a tenuous five-day ceasefire now underway, the pause in the Gaza War allows each side […]

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Can al-Abadi win over Iraq's Moderate Sunnis?

Can al-Abadi win over Iraq’s Moderate Sunnis?

By Juan Cole Arguably, the so-called Islamic State (actually a vicious gang of serial killers) could never have taken over northern and Western Iraq if […]

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Iraq
Inside Mosul: A Yearning for Deliverance from IS Radicals

Inside Mosul: A Yearning for Deliverance from IS Radicals

By Khales Joumah | Mosul | niqash | NIQASH listens in on a conversation between Mosul locals to find out how they feel about US […]

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