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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure
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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure

Fariba Amini

When they called your name at midnight, In your thoughts, morning blossomed from a blood-stained horizon.

Juan Cole on Iran War:  “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

Juan Cole on Iran War: “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

03/05/2026 By Juan Cole

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

03/05/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Natural Gas isn't the Global Warming Solution: It Endangers the Earth

Natural Gas isn’t the Global Warming Solution: It Endangers the Earth

By Naomi Oreskes via Tomdispatch.com Albert Einstein is rumored to have said that one cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that led to […]

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Barack Obama
Israel's Gaza Campaign Endangers US Security: Why Obama & Kerry are Furious

Israel’s Gaza Campaign Endangers US Security: Why Obama & Kerry are Furious

By Juan Cole The United States as a great Power is facing a large number of challenges in the Muslim world, and Israel’s Gaza campaign […]

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The Children of Gaza (That's Mainly Who is There)

The Children of Gaza (That’s Mainly Who is There)

“Jon Snow recounts the scene in Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, where doctors struggle to treat adults and children wounded by Israeli attacks.” Channel 4 News: “The […]

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Human Rights
In Palestine, R2P isn't Dead; It was never on the Table

In Palestine, R2P isn’t Dead; It was never on the Table

By Michael Kearney My response to students’ queries on the matter of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has generally been that the whole narrative is a […]

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Internet
Gaza/ Israel:  Is Social Media A Corrective for Biased MSM reporting?

Gaza/ Israel: Is Social Media A Corrective for Biased MSM reporting?

“When it comes to news about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the media coverage itself often becomes the story. Here’s a look at how the U.S. media […]

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Fundamentalists
Can People of Muslim Heritage defeat the Radical Fundamentalists?

Can People of Muslim Heritage defeat the Radical Fundamentalists?

“Karima Bennoune shares four powerful stories of real people fighting against fundamentalism in their own communities — refusing to allow the faith they love to […]

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Gaza:  Why a 'Cease-Fire' is Not enough

Gaza: Why a ‘Cease-Fire’ is Not enough

By Juan Cole When ordinary countries fight wars they have war aims. In World War II, the US wanted to defeat Germany militarily, but then […]

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Arab Americans
Arab-Americans take on hate

Arab-Americans take on hate

By Anna Lekas Miller “[This week]… several members of New York City’s Arab-American community filed into the Good Shephard’s Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn […]

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Climate Change
Can Norway's Dams serve as a Huge Battery storing Europe's Green Energy?

Can Norway’s Dams serve as a Huge Battery storing Europe’s Green Energy?

DW: “Norway derives almost 100 percent of its energy from hydropower. For Germany’s planned transition to renewable energy, a close partnership is crucially important, because […]

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