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“Reviving old Desires:”  Saadi and Omar Khayyam  on Celebrating the New Year
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“Reviving old Desires:” Saadi and Omar Khayyam on Celebrating the New Year

Juan Cole

The dawn wind wafts the scent of the New Year / to friends’ delight and triumphant good cheer.

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

01/01/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

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Did Anyone win the Gaza Conflict?  Was it even a "War"?

Did Anyone win the Gaza Conflict? Was it even a “War”?

By Ramzy Baroud (Maan) In the rush to analyze the outcome of Israel’s 51-day war in Gaza, dubbed Operation Protective Edge, some may have neglected […]

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Top 5 Signs the US is de facto allied with Iran versus ISIL

Top 5 Signs the US is de facto allied with Iran versus ISIL

By Juan Cole 1. Karen DeYoung points out that the siege of the Iraqi Shiite town of Amerli could not have been broken without the […]

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Can Obama Resist Hawks' Pressure to Rush to Syria Quagmire?

Can Obama Resist Hawks’ Pressure to Rush to Syria Quagmire?

By Adam Quinn, University of Birmingham via The Conversation US president Barack Obama has yet to work out exactly what America’s strategy is in confronting […]

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Putting the ‘Hero’ back in ‘Superhero’: How the Muslim Superhero Can Save the Genre

Putting the ‘Hero’ back in ‘Superhero’: How the Muslim Superhero Can Save the Genre

By A. David Lewis for for ISLAMiCommentary A. David Lewis Muslims don’t present a problem for superhero comics. They present a solution. A previous installment […]

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Iran
What You won't See on US TV:   Iranians Sympathetic to US over ISIL Attacks

What You won’t See on US TV: Iranians Sympathetic to US over ISIL Attacks

Channel 4 News Channel 4 News: “What does Iran make of Islamic State?” Meanwhile, although some Iranian sources deny it, the BBC’s sources say that […]

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Elon Musk's Nevada Gigafactory may Save the World

Elon Musk’s Nevada Gigafactory may Save the World

By Juan Cole KRQE: “Official: Tesla picks Nevada for Gigafactory” Clean Technica points out that the battery-making factory is on track to reduce battery prices […]

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Israel: Reverse Illegal Plans for West Bank

Israel: Reverse Illegal Plans for West Bank

Human Rights Watch (Jerusalem) – Israel should immediately reverse its illegal appropriation of a large swath of land in the occupied West Bank south of […]

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Climate Change
America is a Gas Hog and we're not going on a Diet even if Global Warming Kills Us

America is a Gas Hog and we’re not going on a Diet even if Global Warming Kills Us

By Michael T. Klare Considering all the talk about global warming, peak oil, carbon divestment, and renewable energy, you’d think that oil consumption in the […]

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Natural Gas Battle: Ukraine vs Russia - An Animated History

Natural Gas Battle: Ukraine vs Russia – An Animated History

AJ+ “While the West threatens further crippling sanctions on Moscow for invading and supporting Ukrainian rebels, Russia controls the nozzle that supplies Europe and Ukraine […]

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