Informed Comment daily updates (07/05/2024)

 

Centuries of Co-Existence: Jewish Cultural Heritage in Egypt and Morocco Beersheba (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – Amid the prevailing focus on the war and the geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East, it is easy to forget that it has not always been this way. Until the 1950s, Jewish communities had thrived in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. For centuries, Muslims, Jews, […]

Why it’s a Mistake that Cultural Heritage is often Overlooked when Assessing Refugee Claims By Sherine Al Shallah, UNSW Sydney | – (The Conversation) – Cultural heritage has long been targeted during conflict. This includes the destruction of the famous Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban in Afghanistan and Russia’s attempts to erase the Ukrainian language in areas of the country it has occupied since 2014. Cultural heritage loss has […]

Blinded to all but the Anglo-Saxon “Five Eyes:” The Bias of US Policy toward Asia ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Wherever he travels globally, President Biden has sought to project the United States as the rejuvenated leader of a broad coalition of democratic nations seeking to defend the “rules-based international order” against encroachments by hostile autocratic powers, especially China, Russia, and North Korea. “We established NATO, the greatest military alliance in […]

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