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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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Junta arrests Thai Protesters using 'Hunger Games' 3-finger Salute at Mockingjay Premiere

Junta arrests Thai Protesters using ‘Hunger Games’ 3-finger Salute at Mockingjay Premiere

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An Israeli-Arab Spring? 1.6 mn Palestinian-Israelis are Marginalized, Angry and Defiant

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Climate Change already turning China Wetlands into Dust

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Right-Wing Media vs. Reagan On Immigration – How GOP lost the Script

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Iran
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Two Different American Futures: With an Iran Deal & Without

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Top 5 Ways Obama Punked the GOP on Immigration; and the 2016 Campaign

Top 5 Ways Obama Punked the GOP on Immigration; and the 2016 Campaign

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Another Domino Falls:  Spanish Parliament votes to Recognize Palestine

Another Domino Falls: Spanish Parliament votes to Recognize Palestine

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In Iran, US Choice is a Negotiated Peace Now or the Risk of War

In Iran, US Choice is a Negotiated Peace Now or the Risk of War

By Carlyn Meyer In 2012, Israeli PM Netanyahu stood before the UN General Assembly with a cartoon representation of an “Iranian bomb.” It was filled […]

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How human-emitted Carbon Dioxide Circulates in Earth's Atmosphere (NASA)

How human-emitted Carbon Dioxide Circulates in Earth’s Atmosphere (NASA)

NASA Goddard | — “An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around […]

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