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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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Constitution Likely to Pass 6 US Marines Killed Six US GI’s were killed by roadside bombs Saturday and Sunday, according to wire services, five of […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Arabs Reject Constitution Anbar

Sunni Arabs Reject Constitution Anbar

Sunni Arabs Reject Constitution Anbar province to the west of Baghdad has about 1.2 million residents, almost all of them Sunni Arabs. It had the […]

Juan Cole

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Zawahiri Letter Other Thing That

Zawahiri Letter Other Thing That

Zawahiri Letter The other thing that struck me as odd about the Zawahiri letter was that at the end he raises the question of whether […]

Juan Cole

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Referendum On Constitution Iraqis Are

Referendum On Constitution Iraqis Are

Referendum on Constitution The Iraqis are voting Saturday in a referendum on the new constitution. It was again endorsed by Shiite preachers and clerics on […]

Juan Cole

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Zawahiri Letter To Zarqawi Shiite

Zawahiri Letter To Zarqawi Shiite

Zawahiri Letter to Zarqawi: A Shiite Forgery? The Arabic text of the recently released letter alleged to be by Zawahiri (al-Qaeda’s number two man) to […]

Juan Cole

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Grand Ayatollahs Urge Yes Vote Sunni

Grand Ayatollahs Urge Yes Vote Sunni

Grand Ayatollahs urge “Yes” Vote Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party attacked Over its acceptance of Constitution Guerrillas managed to launch a few attacks on Wednesday and […]

Juan Cole

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More Wmd Pie In Sky According To

More WMD Pie in the Sky According to Douglas Jehl of the New York Times, , in a January, 2003 conversation with Tony Blair, George […]

Juan Cole

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Miller And Neocons My Article On

Miller And Neocons My Article On

Miller and the Neocons My article on Judith Miller and the neocons is out in Salon.com. Excerpt: ‘ Miller began to uncritically parrot even some […]

Juan Cole

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Albin Guest Editorial From Japan Model

Albin Guest Editorial: From a Japan Model to a Decent Interval Roger Albin of the University of Michigan Medical School writes: ‘ Gilbert Achcar gives […]

Juan Cole

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