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Rumi and Shakespeare: On Forgiveness and Reconciliation
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Rumi and Shakespeare: On Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Juan Cole

Jalaluddin Rumi (d. 1273) has sometimes been called “the Shakespeare of the East.” The comparison is just

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One Year After Assad’s Fall: Iran’s Strategic Collapse In Syria

One Year After Assad’s Fall: Iran’s Strategic Collapse In Syria

12/13/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

The Transatlantic Rift over Gaza’s Future

The Transatlantic Rift over Gaza’s Future

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52 Dead, Dozens Wounded Guerrilla violence, including a massive car bomb, killed 52 Iraqis on Saturday. The biggest incident occurred at a market at Nahrawan, […]

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More on Hitchens and Cole I’ve now seen a transcript showing that Christopher Hitchens in his debate with George Galloway said that I “claimed” to […]

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25 Dead Dozens Wounded Sadrists In Tuz

25 Dead Dozens Wounded Sadrists In Tuz

25 Dead, Dozens Wounded Sadrists in Tuz Khurmato Targeted At least 25 Iraqis were killed in guerilla violence on Friday and dozens wounded. The biggest […]

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Union Opposition To Petroleum Industry

Union Opposition To Petroleum Industry

Union Opposition to Petroleum Industry Privatization The General Union of Oil Employees in Basra has issued a strong statement against privatization of the Iraqi petroleum […]

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32 Dead In Guerrilla Violence Al Hayat

32 Dead in Guerrilla Violence Al-Hayat: Some 30 policemen were killed in 3 suicide bombings Thursday, and 60 were wounded. Also killed was a Shiite […]

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Hitchens Galloway And Cole I Just

Hitchens Galloway And Cole I Just

Hitchens, Galloway and Cole I just haven’t had time to watch the Hitchens/ Galloway debate, and won’t have time to do it until this weekend. […]

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Necklace Of Bombs For Baghdad Us

Necklace Of Bombs For Baghdad Us

A Necklace of Bombs for Baghdad US Troops Attacked Sistani: No Civil War even if Half of Shiites are Killed Al-Hayat: After the 12 explosions […]

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David Langness Reports On New Orleans

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David Langness Reports on New Orleans My dear friend David Langness, who has long experience in the field of humanitarian relief work, reports: ‘Howdy, folks, […]

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Black Wednesdays Death Toll Rises To

Black Wednesdays Death Toll Rises To

Black Wednesday’s Death Toll rises to 150 The death toll in Wednesday’s eight bombings in Baghdad rose to 150, with one bomb in Kadhimiyah accounting […]

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