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Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions
Arab Spring

Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions

Mehmet Rakipoglu

The Arab revolutionary wave that began in 2011 presents two of its most significant, yet fundamentally divergent, case studies: Egypt and Syria

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A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

12/06/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

12/06/2025 By Cronkite News Arizona PBS

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racism
GOP Divided on Whether to Support Cliven Bundy's "Negro" Remarks

GOP Divided on Whether to Support Cliven Bundy’s “Negro” Remarks

Cliven Bundy wonders if blacks were ‘better off as slaves’: Republican supporters start fleeing (via The Moderate Voice) More responsible Republicans are now starting to […]

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Islam
The Coming Holy War over al-Aqsa Mosque/ Temple Mount in Jerusalem

The Coming Holy War over al-Aqsa Mosque/ Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Events of the past week in Jerusalem are extremely troubling, and indeed for the past four months. The al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site […]

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Asia
Is Obama right that America's Future is in Asia, not the Middle East?

Is Obama right that America’s Future is in Asia, not the Middle East?

(by Juan Cole) Barack Obama, brought up in Hawaii and having lived as a child in Indonesia, is the first Pacific president, and his current […]

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Internet
FCC Plots Murder of Blogs on Behalf of Billionaire Media Lords

FCC Plots Murder of Blogs on Behalf of Billionaire Media Lords

Breaking: FCC Will Announce the Death of Net Neutrality Tomorrow (via Americans Against The Tea Party) If you thought corporations played a big role in […]

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Crime
GOP:  Giving CDC money to study Gun Violence would be "Funding Propaganda"

GOP: Giving CDC money to study Gun Violence would be “Funding Propaganda”

(By Lois Beckett via ProPublica). After the Sandy Hook school shooting, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) was one of a few congressional Republicans who expressed a […]

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Afghanistan
Can Afghanistan's Vibrant Democratic Press Survive?

Can Afghanistan’s Vibrant Democratic Press Survive?

(By Olof Blomqvist) The presidential election has shown Afghanistan’s increasingly mature media scene at its best – hopefully not for the last time. Afghanistan’s vibrant […]

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Politics
IRS Targeted Liberal Groups More Than Tea Party: Newly Released Records

IRS Targeted Liberal Groups More Than Tea Party: Newly Released Records

Think Progress obtained a series of IRS documents via the Freedom of Information Act that contradict Republican claims that the IRS targeted only conservative Tea Party groups for scrutiny because of their political beliefs. The 22 “Be On the Look…

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Israel, US Complain about not being able to Divide and Rule the Palestinians

Israel, US Complain about not being able to Divide and Rule the Palestinians

(By Juan Cole) This week the Fateh Party (secular Arab nationalist) of Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas met in Gaza with members of the Hamas Party […]

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Israel
The New York Times Criticized for Submitting to Israeli Censors

The New York Times Criticized for Submitting to Israeli Censors

(By Sarah Lazare) The New York Times made a rare admission that it submits to Israeli state gag orders, fueling charges from critics that the […]

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