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Conflict in Mecca: The Prophet Muhammad and Soft Power
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Conflict in Mecca: The Prophet Muhammad and Soft Power

Juan Cole

I believe that the earliest source we have for the life of the Prophet is the Quran itself. And I believe the Quran is early.

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“Into this Universe:”  Heidegger and FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:29

“Into this Universe:” Heidegger and FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:29

12/14/2025 By Juan Cole

“Identity is never fixed:” Interview with Iranian-American Artist Soraya Sharghi

“Identity is never fixed:” Interview with Iranian-American Artist Soraya Sharghi

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel's District 9:  Its Biggest Ethnic Cleansing since 1948

Israel’s District 9: Its Biggest Ethnic Cleansing since 1948

30,000 Palestinian-Israelis of Bedouin heritage are are being forcibly transferred by the Israeli government, and thousands of acres of their land is being stolen from […]

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Egypt
The Backlash against Political Islam is not a Backlash against Islam:  Egypt and Bangladesh

The Backlash against Political Islam is not a Backlash against Islam: Egypt and Bangladesh

There is a big difference between being a believing Muslim and being a devotee of political Islam. Political Islam attempts to make the religion a […]

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US politics
Guns and Sissified Punks (Friday Scene)

Guns and Sissified Punks (Friday Scene)

From the 1995 stoner movie “Friday”: The father [John Witherspoon] of Craig Jones [Ice Cube] warns him against carrying a gun in the local neighborhood […]

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Energy
Tiny Cape Verde's Push to be a World Leader in Wind Energy

Tiny Cape Verde’s Push to be a World Leader in Wind Energy

Finnfund explains: “The windswept islands of Cape Verde lie off West Africa, some 500 km from Senegal. They are the site of Africa’s largest wind […]

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Domestic Surveillance
A Century of America’s Imperial Deep State (McCoy)

A Century of America’s Imperial Deep State (McCoy)

Alfred W. McCoy writes at Tomdispatch.com The American surveillance state is now an omnipresent reality, but its deep history is little known and its future […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Whites and African-Americans in America by the numbers

Whites and African-Americans in America by the numbers

88% of African-Americans in a recent Pew poll said that there was “a lot” (46%) or “some” (42% ) discrimination against them. Only 57% of […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt:  Prosecutor Comes after Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, as Divided Mass Protests Continue

Egypt: Prosecutor Comes after Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, as Divided Mass Protests Continue

Egypt’s June 30 Movement is calling for big demonstrations on Sunday, saying “no” to “terrorism” and “yes” to the “gains of the Revolution.” The movements […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Why the Media Ignores Climate Change (Moyers Video)

Why the Media Ignores Climate Change (Moyers Video)

Bill Moyers interviews media critic Marty Kaplan: “Marty Kaplan on Why the Media Ignores Climate Change Media scholar Marty Kaplan sits with Bill Moyers to […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian PM Biblawi:  Egypt had Left the “Arab Group” to Join the “Islamic Group”

Egyptian PM Biblawi: Egypt had Left the “Arab Group” to Join the “Islamic Group”

The USG Open Source Center translates an interview with new interim appointed prime minister of Egypt, Hazem Biblawi, in the Pan-Arab daily, al-Sharq al-Awsat. I […]

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