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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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Interview With Iraqi Speaker Of House

Interview With Iraqi Speaker Of House

Interview with Iraqi Speaker of the House The USG Open Source Center translates an important interview with Iraq’s Sunni Arab speaker of the parliament. ‘Speaker […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Civil War Leaves 22 Dead Iraqi

Iraqi Civil War Leaves 22 Dead Iraqi

Iraqi Civil War leaves 22 Dead Iraqi Islamic Party Charges US with Massacres In the continuing Iraqi Horror Picture Show, police found 9 heads along […]

Juan Cole

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50 Kidnapped Violently Ams Pulls Out

50 Kidnapped Violently Ams Pulls Out

50 Kidnapped Violently AMS Pulls out of Reconciliation Conference Megan Stack* poignantly describes the scene where 50 Iraqis were brazenly kidnapped by men in camouflage […]

Juan Cole

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Islamist And Jihadist As Iraq

Islamist And Jihadist As Iraq

Islamist and Jihadist as Iraq Education Minister In his memoirs, US Civil Administrator of Iraq, Paul Bremer, expressed delight that when his appointed Interim Governing […]

Juan Cole

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At Least 80 Dead With Students

At Least 80 Dead With Students

At least 80 Dead, with Students Slaughtered No Security Chiefs Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki failed again on Sunday to appoint ministers of the interior and […]

Juan Cole

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Khamenei No Nuclear Weapon Program No

Khamenei No Nuclear Weapon Program No

Khamenei: No Nuclear Weapon Program, No First Strike Goal is Energy Independence Abu Ghrayb, Haditha Weaken US Human Rights Claims The US media presented only […]

Juan Cole

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Nearly 30 Dead In Basra Bombing 62

Nearly 30 Dead In Basra Bombing 62

Nearly 30 Dead in Basra Bombing, 62 Wounded Political violence in the Iraqi Civil War left 44 dead on Saturday in an arc that stretched […]

Juan Cole

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14 Killed 71 Wounded Maliki Demands

14 Killed 71 Wounded Maliki Demands

14 Killed, 71 Wounded Maliki Demands Haditha File from US 14 deaths were from political violence were announced on Friday, according to Reuters, from bombings […]

Juan Cole

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Fate Of Palestinian Refugees In Iraq

Fate Of Palestinian Refugees In Iraq

Fate of Palestinian Refugees in Iraq It is hell to be stateless. From the USG Open Source Center: ‘ PLO’s Al-Agha: Palestinian Killings in Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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