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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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Beeman Guest Editorial: The Journalism/Think Tank Merry-Go-Round William O. Beeman “The Journalism/Think Tank Merry-Go-Round And the Dilemma of the Academic Public Intellectual” ‘ [I want […]

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50,000 US Troops to be Garrisoned in Iraq Shahwani Opposes Militias in Security Forces A suicide bombing at a checkpoint in Baquba killed 8 and […]

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Zarqawi Autopsy Jordan Refuses Repatriation of Body The US is sending a forensics team to do an autoposy of Abu Musaba al-Zarqawi. Al-Hayat reports that […]

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Heavy Fighting In Ramadi Anbar Mourns

Heavy Fighting in Ramadi Anbar Mourns Zarqawi Al-Zaman reports that heavy street fighting broke out on Friday in downtown Ramadi between US forces and guerrillas. […]

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Key positions Filled Guerrilla Movements Pledge to Fight on Iraq has filled the key positions of minister of defense, minister of interior, and minister of […]

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Yale Affair I Am Not Going To Talk

Yale Affair I am not going to talk about the Yale affair per se. But I did want to clear up some misimpressions I’ve seen […]

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Zarqawi Killed In Baquba Prime

Zarqawi Killed in Baquba Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced Thursday morning that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been killed, along with 7 aides, in a US […]

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Maliki Names Security Officials 27

Maliki Names Security Officials 27

Maliki Names Security Officials 27 dead in Civil War Violence Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki broke a nearly 6-month deadlock on fully forming a new government […]

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