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Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran
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Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran

Juan Cole

How the Ghost of Renee Nicole Good Haunts Trump’s Response to Iran’s Protests

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Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?

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Top Ten Most Distasteful things about Romney Trip to Israel

Top Ten Most Distasteful things about Romney Trip to Israel

The trip of Republic Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to Israel is in bad taste for lots of reasons. 1. He is holding a fundraiser at […]

Juan Cole

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“Dubai World III” (Gursky Photograph)

“Dubai World III” (Gursky Photograph)

Andreas Gursky, “Dubai World III,” Photograph, 2008. Gursky (b. Leipzig, 1955) studied at the Dusseldorf Art Academy and is known for his large scale prints […]

Juan Cole

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Diary from Damascus (John Wreford)

Diary from Damascus (John Wreford)

John Wreford writes at Yourmiddleeast.com Photographer John Wreford has lived in Syria for many years and still remains in his house in Damascus’ Old City. […]

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The Olympics and the Muslims

The Olympics and the Muslims

The Olympic Games are rooted in an ancient Greek custom, but they were revived in the 1890s very much in the framework of the emergence […]

Juan Cole

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“The Bride” by Sughra Rababi (Painting)

“The Bride” by Sughra Rababi (Painting)

Sughra Rababi, The Bride, 1986 Sughra Rababi (1922-1994) is a major modern Pakistani painter. She studied in Karachi and at Rabindranath Tagore’s Shantiniketan Fine Arts […]

Juan Cole

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Defections mount as Syrian Regime invests Aleppo

Defections mount as Syrian Regime invests Aleppo

The Baath regime of President Bashar al-Assad is preparing for a major military operation to crush the uprising in Aleppo on Friday afternoon, according to […]

Juan Cole

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Romney in the Land of the Anglo-Saxon Uncertain Olympics: Not Ready for Prime Time

Romney in the Land of the Anglo-Saxon Uncertain Olympics: Not Ready for Prime Time

Mitt Romney, astonishingly, managed to turn what should have been an easy set of photo-ops and feel-good platitudes into a diplomatic comedy of errors that […]

Juan Cole

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Tripoli, Libya: Martyr’s Square (Photo)

Tripoli, Libya: Martyr’s Square (Photo)

Martyr’s Square, Tripoli, Libya on a Friday afternoon. This is the area of the former “Green Square” where Qaddafi gave his hours-long crackpot speeches. It […]

Juan Cole

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“The Whirling Dervishes” by Mahmud Said (Painting)

“The Whirling Dervishes” by Mahmud Said (Painting)

Mahmoud Said (Egyptian, 1897-1964) The Whirling Dervishes signed and dated ‘M. SAID 1929’ (lower right) oil on panel 38 3/8 x 27½in. (97.5 x 69.8cm.) […]

Juan Cole

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