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Rumi and Shakespeare: On Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Culture

Rumi and Shakespeare: On Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Juan Cole

Jalaluddin Rumi (d. 1273) has sometimes been called “the Shakespeare of the East.” The comparison is just

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One Year After Assad’s Fall: Iran’s Strategic Collapse In Syria

One Year After Assad’s Fall: Iran’s Strategic Collapse In Syria

12/13/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

The Transatlantic Rift over Gaza’s Future

The Transatlantic Rift over Gaza’s Future

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Israel/ Palestine
Despite Abraham Accords, Palestine is a deeply rooted emotional, cultural and spiritual issue for Arabs and Muslims

Despite Abraham Accords, Palestine is a deeply rooted emotional, cultural and spiritual issue for Arabs and Muslims

( Middle East Monitor ) – It seemed that it was all but a done deal: Israel was finally managing to bend the Arabs to […]

Ramzy Baroud

Corruption
New photos suggest how Trump, flush with Power, may have sent official Documents down the Toilet

New photos suggest how Trump, flush with Power, may have sent official Documents down the Toilet

By Shannon Bow O’Brien, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts | – Into the sewer. That appears to be the intended […]

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Batteries
The Great Pivot: Why Dem Green Energy IRA Will Steamroll Fossil Fuels and Help Save the Planet, Despite Manchin

The Great Pivot: Why Dem Green Energy IRA Will Steamroll Fossil Fuels and Help Save the Planet, Despite Manchin

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Democrats in the Senate Passed the Inflation Reduction Act on Sunday, with its nearly $370 billion in new spending […]

Juan Cole

Israel
How AIPAC went from Lobbying for Israel to quashing Progressives and backing Jan. 6 Insurgents

How AIPAC went from Lobbying for Israel to quashing Progressives and backing Jan. 6 Insurgents

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – The American-Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) zealous financial backing of many of the 137 House Reps and Senators […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Conspiracy Theories
Hacking the Political Lexicon: They aren't Conspiracy Theories, they're Disinformation Plots

Hacking the Political Lexicon: They aren’t Conspiracy Theories, they’re Disinformation Plots

Tiffin, Ohio (- Special to Informed Comment) – Some time ago, several millennia in fact, a wise man known as Confucius admonished the Chinese people […]

Arnold Oliver

Food Security
The Russia-Ukraine Grain Export Deal brokered by Turkey Promises major Benefits for Poor Countries

The Russia-Ukraine Grain Export Deal brokered by Turkey Promises major Benefits for Poor Countries

By Wandile Sihlobo, Stellenbosch University | – If Russia keeps to the deal it has signed with Ukraine allowing for the resumption of grain exports, […]

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Antarctica
Warm Waters, Winds head for East Antarctica, threatening eventual Massive Sea Level Rise

Warm Waters, Winds head for East Antarctica, threatening eventual Massive Sea Level Rise

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I attended an academic conference once in Melbourne, Australia. I was strictly instructed to pronounce it mel-bun, and have complied. […]

Juan Cole

censorship
DeSantis and the rest of the Far Right hate ‘Woke’ Society Because They Want One That’s Asleep

DeSantis and the rest of the Far Right hate ‘Woke’ Society Because They Want One That’s Asleep

( Otherwords) – Although we haven’t even gotten through this year’s midterm congressional elections, it’s still not too early to start examining some of the […]

Jim Hightower

Israel/ Palestine
As Palestinians Unite Across borders, is the Israeli power to Deter Resistance Eroding?

As Palestinians Unite Across borders, is the Israeli power to Deter Resistance Eroding?

By Hazem Ayyad | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Israeli Defence Minister, Benny Gantz, summed up the tense scene in Gaza and its environs […]

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