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English Prof. Chris Abani, director of NU’s Program of African Studies, discussed his memoir “The Face: Cartography of the Void” on Friday as part of the Global Lunchbox speaker series. A Nigerian-American author, poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright, Abani uses many forms of literature to produce pieces with unique themes and genres. At the event,...

The Other Regional Counter-Revolution: Iran’s Role in the Shifting Political Landscape of the Middle East Iraqi security forces firing tear gas and live rounds into a crowd of demonstrators during the 2019 Tishreen (October) uprising The last decade has seen historic political upheavals across the Middle East and North Africa: a tsunami of popular uprisings that have brought down several dictators and led to momentous transformations in political consciousness, if not always to democratic out...

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US flies B-52 bombers over Middle East, evokes response from Iran Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote in a tweet, “If your B-52H “Presence Patrols” are meant to intimidate or warn Iran, you should have spent those $billions on your taxpayers health.” By Hanie Abdul Razak|   Published: 18th January 2021 8:57 pm IST The US flew US B-52H Stratofortress bombers over the Middle East on Sunday. th time in recent months.   CENTCOM said that the manoeuvre was being...

A year after a U.S. military operation rid this world of the Iranian terrorist-general Qasem Soleimani, the same tired voices are repeating the same tired message, even on the eve of their return to power: “The Trump administration is on the brink of war with Iran!” “Trump is a very wounded and very cornered animal in an end-game scenario. He’s got a few weeks left, and we know that he is capable of extremely erratic behavior,” says Professor Danny Postel of No...

Trump may launch ‘reckless’ attack on Iran, experts fear Al Jazeera English © Experts say the threat of a wider war between the United States and Iran remains in the final weeks ... Experts say the threat of a wider war between the United States and Iran remains in the final weeks of President Donald Trumps administration [File: Patrick Semansky/AP Photo] US President Donald Trump could take “reckless” military action against Iran in his final days in office, experts ...

US President Donald Trump could take “reckless” military action against Iran in his final days in office, experts have warned, as tensions between Tehran and Washington mount on the eve of the first anniversary of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani’s assassination. The US flew B-52 bombers over the Gulf three times in the past month, most recently on Wednesday, in what the Trump administration called a deterrence measure to keep Iran from retaliating on January 3, the anniversary of Sol...

Iran expands nuclear program amid heightened tensions with the US Vox.com 1/2/2021 Cameron Peters © Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images People attend a January 2, 2021, commemoration of the first anniversary of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani’s killing, in Kerman, Iran. An international nuclear watchdog agency said Friday that Iran is preparing to ramp up uranium enrichment to pre-nuclear deal levels in what would be the country’s latest v...

it. that, of course, is a problem. in answer to your first point, why were they in such a hurry? the seven moderates. well, historians and the clinton administration over estimated the number. by this time there are very few. even he moved along. i think for the most part the southern fears of lincoln administration were well-founded. they had had four or five years of republican rhetoric on what they were going to do when they get into power. there were going to build the transcontine...