Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2026 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

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

“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

01/01/2026 By The Conversation

More Stories

Uncategorized
Mass Shootings don’t Provoke States to Regulate Semi-Automatic Weapons (Sapien)

Mass Shootings don’t Provoke States to Regulate Semi-Automatic Weapons (Sapien)

Joaquin Sapien writes at ProPublica: Following the mass shooting in Connecticut, the Obama administration and lawmakers around the country have promised to re-examine gun control […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
What Juan’s Been Tweeting (Saturday Reading)

What Juan’s Been Tweeting (Saturday Reading)

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
The Secret History of US Drone Strikes in 2012 (Woods et al.)

The Secret History of US Drone Strikes in 2012 (Woods et al.)

Chris Woods, Jack Serle and Alice K. Ross write at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Reported civilian deaths fell sharply in Pakistan in 2012, with […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Israel’s Turn to the Far Right: The Point of No Return? (Beattie)

Israel’s Turn to the Far Right: The Point of No Return? (Beattie)

  Kirk J. Beattie writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: Most concerned Americans have, understandably, had their eyes glued on the monumental changes […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
UN: 60,000 have been Killed in Syrian Revolution (Video)

UN: 60,000 have been Killed in Syrian Revolution (Video)

The UN Human Rights Commission under Navi Pillai has had a team of researchers go through five different lists of casualties in Syria, and they […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
The World in 1013 AD:  China Rising, Militant Islam in Kabul, & Sunni-Shiite Struggles in Mideast

The World in 1013 AD: China Rising, Militant Islam in Kabul, & Sunni-Shiite Struggles in Mideast

Just for fun: What was our world like a thousand years ago? Of course, technologically very different, but Song China and Muslim Spain had made […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Pakistani One Pound Fish Singer takes Charts by Storm

Pakistani One Pound Fish Singer takes Charts by Storm

Muhammad Shahid Nazir had a hero’s welcome at Lahore airport last week. The fishmonger had gone to the UK last summer and worked in an […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Good News for Planet:  Wind Power tax Credits Renewed in ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Deal

Good News for Planet: Wind Power tax Credits Renewed in ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Deal

While it is important that the Bush tax giveaway to the wealthy begin to be reversed if the US budget is ever to recover its […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
The Rise of the Sunnis and the Decline of Iran, Iraq and Hizbullah:  The Middle East in 2013

The Rise of the Sunnis and the Decline of Iran, Iraq and Hizbullah: The Middle East in 2013

2013 will see Iranian influence in the Middle East continue a decline that began with the Arab upheavals of 2011. Iran’s two major allies in […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2098
  • Page 2099
  • Page 2100
  • Page 2101
  • Page 2102
  • …
  • Page 3064
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Syria’s incomplete security Transition has left gaps for Islamic State to Exploit

The Conversation

Donald Trump

The Rise of the Sunni Crescent in 2025: The US and the Middle East

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine

Israel’s Ceasefire Violations in Gaza Continue to Pile Up

International Middle East Media Center

Iraq

Will the Iraqi militias truly disarm? Will the US Troops Really Leave?

Middle East Monitor

Popular

  • Confirmed: Epstein-Dershowitz Campaign against Mearsheimer-Walt's 'The Israel Lobby'
  • Inflation, Protests and the Shadow of Another War on Iran
  • 2025 Climate Good News: Sustainables met all new Demand, EVs 25% of New Car Sales, Global Heating Projections fell to 2.8º C.
  • Why is the United States Drawn to War?
  • In the Global Race for Electric Vehicle Dominance, the US is Falling Way Behind
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2026 All Rights Reserved