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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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Mudarrisi Loose Federalism In Interim

Mudarrisi Loose Federalism In Interim

Mudarrisi: Loose Federalism in Interim Constitution a Time Bomb Sayyid Muhammad Taqi al-Mudarrisi, a leading Shiite cleric of Karbala, has warned that there are explosive […]

Juan Cole

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More On Spain Check Out Bill Schers

More On Spain Check Out Bill Schers

More on Spain Check out Bill Scher’s well-reasoned opinion piece in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. “Conservatives would like you to think that Spain wants to wimp […]

Juan Cole

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1 Marine Killed Attack On Puk In Mosul

1 Marine Killed Attack On Puk In Mosul

1 Marine killed; Attack on PUK in Mosul, Police in Kirkuk leave 2 Iraqis dead AFP reports: ‘ a US marine was killed in an […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Minister Calls Governing Council

Iraqi Minister Calls Governing Council

Iraqi Minister calls Governing Council no more Democratic than Saddam In the speech he used to inaugurate his reelection campaign on Saturday, Bush boasted that […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Calls For Us Withdrawal From

Muqtada Calls For Us Withdrawal From

Muqtada calls for US withdrawal from Iraq From BBC World Monitoring: “HEADLINE: Shi’i cleric Al-Sadr denounces US presence in Iraq SOURCE: Voice of the Mujahidin, […]

Juan Cole

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Clarke I Thought Rumsfeld Was Joking

Clarke I Thought Rumsfeld Was Joking

Clarke: I thought Rumsfeld was joking about Bombing Iraq! Long-time anti-terrorism official Richard Clarke, who served the US government for 30 years, has broken his […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistans Support For Taliban In 1990s

Pakistans Support For Taliban In 1990s

Pakistan’s Support for Taliban in 1990s: New Documents The National Security Archives has just published part 3 of the Taliban papers, from the US archives. […]

Juan Cole

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Thousands Of Shiites Sunnis March

Thousands Of Shiites Sunnis March

Thousands of Shiites, Sunnis, March Against US in Baghdad Thousands of Shiites and Sunnis demonstrated in Baghdad after Friday prayers. I caught some of the […]

Juan Cole

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Garner On Reasons For Delay In

Garner On Reasons For Delay In

Garner on Reasons for Delay in Returning Sovereignty to Iraq I can remember in April of 2003 when I complained on an email list about […]

Juan Cole

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