Israeli politics articles
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Political life of Imam Ridha (AS)
Shafaqna English- The eighth Shia Imam, Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha (AS), was born in Medina in 765 AD. His parents were Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (AS) and Lady Tahira (SA) . He was given the epithet al-Ridha (‘the one agreed upon’) and his teknonym was Abul-Hassan. After the martyrdom of his
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The future of the US-Israeli relationship
Fifty-seven years ago this May, Israel was in grave danger. The charismatic Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser announced that the Straits of Tiran would be closed to Israeli shipping. Nasser was preparing for war and assembling a coalition that would eventually include Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon. “Our goal is clear,” Iraqi President Abdel Rahman […]
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A walking antidote to political cynicism
Burhan Azeem ’19 had never been to a city council meeting before he showed up to give a public comment on an affordable-housing bill his senior year. Walking around Cambridge, he saw a “young, dynamic, racially diverse city,” but when he stepped inside City Hall, most of the others who had arrived to present comments…