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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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Iraq War Generating Threats to New York 6 GIs Killed 22 Bodies Found So much for the theory of ‘fighting them there so we don’t […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Vice President Shiite United

Iraqi Vice President Shiite United

Iraqi Vice President: Shiite United Iraqi Alliance has not Broken Up: al-Hayat BBC World Monitoring presents a translation of an interview in al-Hayat with Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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Arguing With Bush And Gwot Bush

Arguing With Bush And Gwot Bush

Arguing with Bush and the GWOT Bush articulated his War on Terror yet again on Thursday. But I think the American public has heard all […]

Juan Cole

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21 Killed Around Baghdad Jaafari

21 Killed Around Baghdad Jaafari

21 Killed around Baghdad Jaafari denies Allegations against Iran Guerrilla violence killed 21 persons, including a US soldier, around Baghdad on Thursday. Reuters reports the […]

Juan Cole

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Guest Editorial Arato On Iraqi

Guest Editorial Arato On Iraqi

Guest Editorial: Arato on Iraqi Constitution If I Were an Iraqi……. Andrew Arato, New School University ‘ Had I been A French citizen during the […]

Juan Cole

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Iranian Editorial Iraq Must Heed Al

Iranian Editorial Iraq Must Heed Al

Iranian Editorial: ‘Iraq must heed Al-Sistani to avoid US “conspiracy”‘ Editorial of Iranian Newspaper Jomhuri-yi Islami, 4 Oct. 05, via BBC World Monitoring for Oct. […]

Juan Cole

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36 Dead Nearly 100 Wounded In Hilla

36 Dead Nearly 100 Wounded In Hilla

36 Dead, Nearly 100 Wounded in Hilla Mosque Attack Cheney: ‘Get Used to It’ A guerrilla detonated his bomb amidst a Shiite mosque in Hilla […]

Juan Cole

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Parliament Reverses Referendum Rule

Parliament Reverses Referendum Rule

Parliament Reverses Referendum Rule The United Nations has succeeded in convincing the Iraqi parliament to reverse itself. The interim constitution provides that if any three […]

Juan Cole

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5 Us Troops Killed In Sweep Of West

5 Us Troops Killed In Sweep Of West

5 US Troops Killed in Sweep of West Sunnis threaten Boycott on new Constitution Five US soldiers have been killed by bombings and a sniper […]

Juan Cole

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