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Rashid Khalidi on the Gaza Ceasefire: The veil that has hidden the true nature of the Zionist project was shredded for good
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Rashid Khalidi on the Gaza Ceasefire: The veil that has hidden the true nature of the Zionist project was shredded for good

Fariba Amini

If I must die, You must live To tell my story To sell my things To buy a piece of cloth And some strings….           – […]

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Iran’s Streets ‘Transformed’ As More Women Shun The Mandatory Hijab

Iran’s Streets ‘Transformed’ As More Women Shun The Mandatory Hijab

10/13/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Daring to Dream after Two Years under Fire: Life in Gaza

Daring to Dream after Two Years under Fire: Life in Gaza

10/13/2025 By Open Democracy

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40-Day Mourning Sessions targeted by Sunni Radicals in Karbala, Karachi

40-Day Mourning Sessions targeted by Sunni Radicals in Karbala, Karachi

The 40th day mourning ceremonies after the commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Husayn (the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad) in 680 CE was marred […]

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Informed Comment Poll: Should US Troops be in Pakistan?

Informed Comment Poll: Should US Troops be in Pakistan?

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Michael Schwartz, Will Iraq’s Oil Ever Flow? | TomDispatch

Michael Schwartz, Will Iraq’s Oil Ever Flow? | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Michael Schwartz, Will Iraq's Oil Ever Flow? | TomDispatch Sociologist Michael Schwartz, a sharp Iraq-watcher and author of a provocative book on the Iraq […]

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Al-Maliki Gov't Appeals Reinstatement of Candidates, Calls Special Session of Parliament

Al-Maliki Gov’t Appeals Reinstatement of Candidates, Calls Special Session of Parliament

Iraqi politics and the conduct of the March 7 elections has been thrown into turmoil by the reversal on Wednesday by a judicial appeals panel […]

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Sophisticated Taliban Bombing, Deaths of 3 US Troops, Embarrasses Zardari Government by Revealing US Troop Presence on Ground in Pakistan

Sophisticated Taliban Bombing, Deaths of 3 US Troops, Embarrasses Zardari Government by Revealing US Troop Presence on Ground in Pakistan

The fragile Pakistani government of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and President Asaf Ali Zardari was deeply embarrassed Wednesday when a massive bombing killed 3 […]

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Was US-Iran rivalry Driving the Exclusion of Candidates in Iraq? Was Allawi the Target?

Was US-Iran rivalry Driving the Exclusion of Candidates in Iraq? Was Allawi the Target?

I am going to speculate a little today, but I am hoping it is informed speculation. I think an end-game drama is playing out in […]

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Could Thomas Jefferson’s DNA Trail Reveal Middle-Eastern Origins?

Could Thomas Jefferson’s DNA Trail Reveal Middle-Eastern Origins?

Could Thomas Jefferson's DNA Trail Reveal Middle-Eastern Origins? Thomas Jefferson and the rest of the Jefferson clan in the British Isles may have descended from […]

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56 Killed, 144 Wounded in Suicide Bombing of Shiite Pilgrims in Baghdad

56 Killed, 144 Wounded in Suicide Bombing of Shiite Pilgrims in Baghdad

AFP Arabic reports that a female suicide bomber detonated her payload in a tent in northeast Baghdad (Bub al-Sham) among pilgrims walking to the Shiite […]

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The News alleges US drones killed 123 civilians, three al-Qaeda men in January; Other Sources categorize some ‘Civilians’ as Militants

The News alleges US drones killed 123 civilians, three al-Qaeda men in January; Other Sources categorize some ‘Civilians’ as Militants

US drones killed 123 civilians, three al-Qaeda men in January The Pakistani newspaper, The News alleges that: “Afghanistan-based US predators carried out a record number […]

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