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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

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Happy Palestine Land Day:  Israel Earmarks 10% of West Bank for Settlements: White

Happy Palestine Land Day: Israel Earmarks 10% of West Bank for Settlements: White

Ben White writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment: It has just come out that the Israeli military has earmarked ten percent of the […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: John Feffer, Islamophobia, Obama, and the Art of Acting Muslim

Tomgram: John Feffer, Islamophobia, Obama, and the Art of Acting Muslim

Those who fervently believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim generally practice their furtive religion in obscure recesses of the Internet…

Juan Cole

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Divided Arab League Won't Call for al-Assad to Step Down

Divided Arab League Won’t Call for al-Assad to Step Down

The Arab League is meeting in Baghdad for the first time in 22 years, in the absence of long-time fixtures such as Zein El Abidin […]

Juan Cole

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Scalia and the Uninsured Children (Cartoon)

Scalia and the Uninsured Children (Cartoon)

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (96):  Against Astrology

Omar Khayyam (96): Against Astrology

The good and bad that are in human nature, the joy and grief that are in fate and destiny– do not attribute them to the […]

Juan Cole

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Medvedev slams Romney for “Number one Enemy” Slur

Medvedev slams Romney for “Number one Enemy” Slur

Below, the USG Open Source Center translates an article from Russian about President Dmitry Medvedev’s reaction to Mitt Romney calling Russia the “number one geopolitical […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (82)

Omar Khayyam (82)

Khayyam, your body  is like a royal tent; your spirit is king and its residence is temporary. The angel of fate strikes this tent when […]

Juan Cole

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US Public Wants out of Afghanistan as 3 Western Troops Killed by Afghan Troops

US Public Wants out of Afghanistan as 3 Western Troops Killed by Afghan Troops

There were two attacks on US and British troops in Afghanistan on Monday, by members of the Afghanistan armed forces. The American was killed in […]

Juan Cole

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