Juan Cole

An occupying power has no right to make significant alterations in the character of the occupied society, to change the laws all around, without a strong security reason and so forth.

Partisan politics has no place in the classroom.

I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian.

In my 20 years as a photographer, covering conflicts from Bosnia to Gaza to Iraq to Afghanistan, injured civilians and soldiers have passed through my life many times.

I had siblings from South Asia, from East Asia, from depressed communities around America, and you know, we'd have long conversations.

Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. I will preach in Tehran. I will do it under the umbrella of God. And see its impact.