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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

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The Transatlantic Rift over Gaza’s Future

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A Protest Against ‘Climate of Fear’ at U of Michigan over standing for Palestinian Rights

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A discussion is inhibited by the climate of fear that the administration has initiated on the campus by taking punitive action against instructors with no semblance of due process

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Top 8 Ways John Kelly was an Embarrassment as WH Chief of Staff

Top 8 Ways John Kelly was an Embarrassment as WH Chief of Staff

Revised By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump announced Saturday that his chief of staff, John Kelly, will leave at the end […]

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