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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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Indian Muslims Refuse to Bury Militants

Indian Muslims Refuse to Bury Militants

The Muslim community in Mumbai says it doesn’t want the gunmen who attacked Mumbai to be buried in the Muslim cemetery, on the grounds that […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistani Reaganism Must End: The New Government must take on the Lashkar

Pakistani Reaganism Must End: The New Government must take on the Lashkar

Leaks to the Indian press by security officials in charge of interrogating the captured terrorist, Ajmal Amir Kamal (or Qasab?) are fleshing out the background […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistani Reaganism Must End: The New Government must take on the Lashkar

Pakistani Reaganism Must End: The New Government must take on the Lashkar

Leaks to the Indian press by security officials in charge of interrogating the captured terrorist, Ajmal Amir Kamal (or Qasab?) are fleshing out the background […]

Juan Cole

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Loewenstein: The Blogging Revolution and Voices of Crisis

Loewenstein: The Blogging Revolution and Voices of Crisis

Antony Loewenstein writes in a guest op-ed for IC: During last week’s terror attacks in Mumbai , new technology reacted to the news faster than […]

Juan Cole

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Loewenstein: The Blogging Revolution and Voices of Crisis

Loewenstein: The Blogging Revolution and Voices of Crisis

Antony Loewenstein writes in a guest op-ed for IC: During last week’s terror attacks in Mumbai , new technology reacted to the news faster than […]

Juan Cole

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India: Please Don’t Go Down the Bush- Cheney Road

India: Please Don’t Go Down the Bush- Cheney Road

Many Indians have called the attacks in Mumbai “India’s 9/11.” As an American who lived in India, I can feel that country’s anguish over these […]

Juan Cole

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India: Please Don’t Go Down the Bush- Cheney Road

India: Please Don’t Go Down the Bush- Cheney Road

Many Indians have called the attacks in Mumbai “India’s 9/11.” As an American who lived in India, I can feel that country’s anguish over these […]

Juan Cole

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Aljazeera English on the Aftermath of the Mumbai Attacks

Aljazeera English on the Aftermath of the Mumbai Attacks

Aljazeera English interviews victims of the Mumbai attacks in hospital, several of them Muslims. Aljazeera English also reports on the reaction in Pakistan to the […]

Juan Cole

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Aljazeera English on the Aftermath of the Mumbai Attacks

Aljazeera English on the Aftermath of the Mumbai Attacks

Aljazeera English interviews victims of the Mumbai attacks in hospital, several of them Muslims. Aljazeera English also reports on the reaction in Pakistan to the […]

Juan Cole

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