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Egypt’s Magnificent new Museum: Nationalism, Tourism, and the Economy
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Egypt’s Magnificent new Museum: Nationalism, Tourism, and the Economy

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Egypt’s new billion-dollar museum near the Giza pyramids opened on Saturday. It has 100,000 artifacts, including a massive statue of […]

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Palestine: The Poem that cannot be Killed

Palestine: The Poem that cannot be Killed

11/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Dockworker strikes in solidarity with Gaza have a long legacy

Dockworker strikes in solidarity with Gaza have a long legacy

11/02/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

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Tagore's "The New Year" (Poem of the Day)

Tagore’s “The New Year” (Poem of the Day)

(By Rabindranath Tagore) The New Year LIKE FRUIT, shaken free by an impatient wind from the veils of its mother flower, thou comest, New Year, […]

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America's Foreign Policy Challenges in the Middle East, 2014

America’s Foreign Policy Challenges in the Middle East, 2014

Those who suggest that the United States as a superpower is weaker in the Middle East today than nine years ago overestimate the impact on […]

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Turkey hopeful of ties with EU during Greek presidency

Turkey hopeful of ties with EU during Greek presidency

The Turkish government believes that ties with the EU could be further boosted during the rotating presidency of Greece and Italy in 2014

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Dubai Fireworks for New Year 2014

Dubai Fireworks for New Year 2014

(By Juan Cole) Dubai Fireworks spectacular for New Year at Burj Khalifa (2 million gather): Dubai will be the site of the 2020 world expo […]

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Iraq
Iraq Gov't Collapsing as 44 Sunni MPs Withdraw from Parliament

Iraq Gov’t Collapsing as 44 Sunni MPs Withdraw from Parliament

(By AFP) Clashes kill 10 as Iraq forces clear Sunni protest camp (via AFP) Iraqi forces killed 10 gunmen Monday in clashes that erupted as […]

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Christianity
A Delegation of Congressional Christian Zionists to Israel

A Delegation of Congressional Christian Zionists to Israel

(By Shalom Goldman) Shalom Goldman Just before Christmas, GOP Reps. Michele Bachmann (Minn.), Steve King (Iowa) and Louie Gohmert (Texas) wrapped up a largely secretive […]

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Afghanistan
17% of Americans Support Afghanistan War: CNN (Video of the Day)

17% of Americans Support Afghanistan War: CNN (Video of the Day)

(By Juan Cole) A CNN/ ORC International poll has found that only 17% of Americans support the war in Afghanistan. That is down from 52% […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Top Ten Middle East Stories 2013: How the Region has Changed

Top Ten Middle East Stories 2013: How the Region has Changed

(By Juan Cole) 10. Tunisia suffered the assassination of two leftist politicians, provoking demonstrations bigger than the ones that brought down the government of dictator […]

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Israel
Israeli Public favors Teaching Peace, Palestinian Narrative in Schools

Israeli Public favors Teaching Peace, Palestinian Narrative in Schools

(By Commondreams.org Staff reporters) A new survey out Wednesday found that, contrary to the actions of their political leaders, the majority of the Israeli public […]

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