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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

01/01/2026 By The Conversation

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Republicans Promise to take US Health Care in Direction of Sub-Saharan Africa

Republicans Promise to take US Health Care in Direction of Sub-Saharan Africa

(From this site).

Juan Cole

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Bush Senior Also Promised Moscow more Flexibility after Election

Bush Senior Also Promised Moscow more Flexibility after Election

President Obama was caught by an open mic Monday telling outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he would “have more flexibility” in missile negotiations “after […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (80)

Omar Khayyam (80)

A codger staggered drunk  out of the bar, a prayer rug over his shoulder and a wine glass in hand. I said, old man,  what’s […]

Juan Cole

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Basic Facts on Clothing and Murder for American Bigots

Basic Facts on Clothing and Murder for American Bigots

Dear American bigots: Basic Fact: Wearing a veil, as Iraqi-American Shaima al-Awady did before she was brutally murdered in her home as part of a […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Faster than Expected Climate Change means drought, war, famine for Middle East, Africa

Faster than Expected Climate Change means drought, war, famine for Middle East, Africa

A new study just published in Nature Geoscience has found it plausible for the first time that the world’s average surface temperature could rise by […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (78)

Omar Khayyam (78)

You ignoramus!   This bodily form is nothing. and this speckled dome  of the nine heavens is nothing. Be happy that in the realm of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Peace Marchers Protest Iran War Talk in Tel Aviv

Israeli Peace Marchers Protest Iran War Talk in Tel Aviv

Haaretz reports that hundreds of Israeli peace activists marched in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest all the talk of striking Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities. […]

Juan Cole

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Western Intelligence Analysts Worry that Iran Sanctions are Hurting West: IRGC

Western Intelligence Analysts Worry that Iran Sanctions are Hurting West: IRGC

The USG Open Source Center translates an article from Javan, an organ of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC: Iran’s National Guard), analyzing alleged Western […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (71)

Omar Khayyam (71)

Now that the rose of your  good fortune is blooming, why are you standing there with no glass in your hand? Have some wine– fate […]

Juan Cole

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