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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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“Foreign Fighter” Myth Exposed Jim Krane of AP is throwing cold water all over the repeated allegations of the Interim Governing Council that foreign fighters […]

Juan Cole

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Rant On Us News Coverage It Is

Rant on US News Coverage It is remarkable how the US press allows themselves to be manipulated by the government. When the Abu Ghuraib story […]

Juan Cole

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Us Has Lost Battle Of Photographs My

The US has Lost the Battle of the Photographs My essay, “The U.S. Has Lost the Battle of the Photographs,” is up through Tuesday at […]

Juan Cole

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Interrogator Diary Bilmon Has Via

Interrogator Diary Bilmon has , via a reader, Bernhard, managed a real journalistic coup. He found a cached diary, kept at a rightwing radio station, […]

Juan Cole

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9 Us Troops Killed In Iraq On Sunday

9 Us Troops Killed In Iraq On Sunday

9 US Troops Killed in Iraq on Sunday Reuters is reporting that guerrillas launched a mortar attack on US troops at their base near Ramadi […]

Juan Cole

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Al Wafd American Prison Guards Are Dark

Al Wafd American Prison Guards Are Dark

al-Wafd: American Prison Guards are “Dark Angels of Hell” As public revulsion at the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghuraib prison by American guards circles […]

Juan Cole

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British Clash With Mahdi Army In Amara

British Clash With Mahdi Army In Amara

British Clash with Mahdi Army in Amara al-Hayat: 4 American troops were killed Saturday in separate incidents. In Amara, British troops clashed with the Army […]

Juan Cole

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Arab Reaction To Photos Of Prisoner

Arab Reaction To Photos Of Prisoner

Arab Reaction to Photos of Prisoner Abuse The sexual and physical abuse of Iraqi prisoners of war, a direct violation of the Geneva Conventions by […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Condemns American Recall Of

Muqtada Condemns American Recall Of

Muqtada Condemns American Recall of the Baath According to AFP/al-Hayat, in Kufa Muqtada al-Sadr threatened “the Baathists” whom the Coalition had begun returning to the […]

Juan Cole

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