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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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Najaf Bombed 60 Percent of Voters Oppose War. Dozens of police were wounded and some may have been killed by a suicide bombing in the […]

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Cheney for Lieberman With Apologies to John Donne Lieberman’s selfishness in risking splitting the Democratic vote by running as an independent is breathtaking. He has […]

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Ghaziyah Shiyah Bombed With Civilian

Ghaziyah, Shiyah, Bombed, with civilian CasualitiesIsraeli Civilians Shelled, Evacuated from North The Israeli air force hit civilians at Ghaziyah in the south on Monday, killing […]

Juan Cole

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Malikius Military Rift Over Bombing

Malikius Military Rift Over Bombing

Maliki/US Military Rift over Bombing Sadr City 33 Dead in Iraq bombings, Assassinations Al-Hayat writes: A series of bombings shook Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at […]

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Liebermans Defeat It Is Very Important

Lieberman’s Defeat It is very important that Joe Lieberman was defeated in the Democratic primary in Connecticut on Tuesday, for the following reasons. First of […]

Juan Cole

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Open Country For Civil Resistance For

Open Country For Civil Resistance For

An Open Country for Civil Resistance FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 8, 2006 Lebanon: An Open Country for Civil Resistance www.lebanonsolidarity.org This is the first press […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Islamic Fascism And Christians Of

Bush, Islamic Fascism and the Christians of Jounieh Bush is on vacation, his favorite place to be during a major crisis. The August retreat is […]

Juan Cole

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Lebanon Headlines Massive Israeli Air

Lebanon Headlines Massive Israeli Air

Lebanon Headlines Massive Israeli air raids on Lebanon killed 33, mostly if not all civilians, on Monday. The Lebanese government said it would send 15,000 […]

Juan Cole

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Mcgreevy Facing West From Arab Country

Mcgreevy Facing West From Arab Country

McGreevy: Facing West from Arab Country Patrick McGreevy Writes from Beirut: ‘8 August 2006 Facing West from Arab Country US leaders often assert that their […]

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