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Inflation, Protests and the Shadow of Another War on Iran
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Inflation, Protests and the Shadow of Another War on Iran

Mohammad Eslami

Netanyahu traveled to Florida for an extended meeting with President Donald Trump, and the conversation focused heavily on Iran

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Why is the United States Drawn to War?

Why is the United States Drawn to War?

12/31/2025 By Juan Cole

Literature from Islamic Societies embraced homoerotic Love until the 19th century. What happened?

Literature from Islamic Societies embraced homoerotic Love until the 19th century. What happened?

12/31/2025 By The Conversation

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Freed Pussy Riot Band Members call for 'Russia without Putin'  (Video of the Day)

Freed Pussy Riot Band Members call for ‘Russia without Putin’ (Video of the Day)

Channel 4 News reports: On this occasion of their release, it is worthwhile reprinting excerpts from the translation of an interview by Elena Masyuk with […]

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Snowden's Christmas Message on Privacy: Does NSA threaten 9th, 14th Amendments, 'Inviolate Personality'?

Snowden’s Christmas Message on Privacy: Does NSA threaten 9th, 14th Amendments, ‘Inviolate Personality’?

(By Juan Cole) Edward Snowden’s Christmas address, carried by the British Channel 4, concentrated on the disappearance of privacy. He said that a child born […]

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Egyptian Junta designates Muslim Brotherhood as "Terrorist Organization" in Attempt to Crush Dissent

Egyptian Junta designates Muslim Brotherhood as “Terrorist Organization” in Attempt to Crush Dissent

(By Juan Cole) In Egypt, the interim appointed government of Prime Minister Hazem Biblawi, backed by the military junta that made the coup of July […]

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Benjamin Netanyahu's 'Jewish' Christmas Message Gaffe

Benjamin Netanyahu's 'Jewish' Christmas Message Gaffe

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his holiday blessings to the Christian citizens of Israel on Tuesday, in which he stressed the importance of the community’s […]

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Wounded by Apartheid Wall, Occupied Bethlehem Hopes for Pilgrimage Revival

Wounded by Apartheid Wall, Occupied Bethlehem Hopes for Pilgrimage Revival

(Agence France Presse) Bethlehem eyes tourist boom after dark decade (via AFP) After a decade of unrest, Bethlehem has seen a surge in visits to […]

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Assyrian Christian Revival in Turkey

Assyrian Christian Revival in Turkey

(By Alexander Christie-Miller) The Christian Science Monitor recently reported on an Assyrian Christian revival in southeastern Turkey, fueled by a burgeoning Turkish economy and more […]

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The Flight to Egypt – Coptic Artwork (Picture of the Day)

The Flight to Egypt – Coptic Artwork (Picture of the Day)

h/t osjusa.org Attributed to the Coptic Museum, Cairo, Egypt Coptic Christians probably came to predominate in Egypt by the 600s when Muslim Arabs conquered it. […]

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Birth of Hope: Top Ten Solar Energy Stories 2013

Birth of Hope: Top Ten Solar Energy Stories 2013

(By Juan Cole) The story of a doomed race who need to be saved by a messiah is on people’s minds today. It functions at […]

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Damascus’s Other Battle:  Regime Cyberwar on the Opposition

Damascus’s Other Battle: Regime Cyberwar on the Opposition

(By Dave Maass) Social Engineering and Malware in Syria: EFF and Citizen Lab’s Latest Report on the Digital Battlefield (via EFF) More than two years […]

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