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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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Rosh Hashanah And Ramadan I Wont Get

Rosh Hashanah And Ramadan I Wont Get

Rosh Hashanah and Ramadan I won’t get a chance to say this all together again for a while, so L’Shana Tova and Ramadan Mubarak!

Juan Cole

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Sunni Arabs Enraged At Law On 3

Sunni Arabs Enraged At Law On 3

Sunni Arabs Enraged at Law on 3-Province Veto UN Begins Distributing Constitution The Sunni Arabs of Iraq have for some time had a sneaking suspicion […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq Press Roundup Tom Engelhardt

Iraq Press Roundup Tom Engelhardt

Iraq Press Roundup Tom Engelhardt writes about “Withdrawal Symptoms”— the increasing urge of Americans to get out of Iraq and the arguments for it. Jesse […]

Juan Cole

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Ammar Al Hakim Iranian Influence Over

Ammar Al Hakim Iranian Influence Over

Ammar al-Hakim: Iranian Influence Over-Stated Admits Iraqi Government has Performed Poorly From Al-Sharq al-Awsat (“The Middle East”), London: An Interview by Ma`d al-Fayyad with Ammar […]

Juan Cole

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Welsh In Maysan Anything But Quiet

Welsh In Maysan Anything But Quiet

The Welsh in Maysan: Anything but Quiet This article from last week was published obscurely but it is eloquent about the claim that the “problem” […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Dunnit George Stephanopolous

Bush Dunnit George Stephanopolous

Bush Dunnit George Stephanopolous dropped a bombshell on his show on Sunday. Toward the end, as Judd notes, he said, ‘ Definitely a political problem […]

Juan Cole

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Talabani Calls For Jaafaris

Talabani Calls For Jaafaris

Talabani Calls for Jaafari’s Resignation Iraq Unravels President Jalal Talabani called Sunday for Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari to step down. Jaafari is the leader of […]

Juan Cole

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Guest Editorial Smith On Libertarians

Guest Editorial Smith On Libertarians

Guest Editorial: Smith on Libertarians and Iraq Jan Smith of Ohio Wesleyan University writes: ‘ Thanks for today’s link to Justin Raimondo’s webpage. It is […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Government Totters Us Goes It

Iraqi Government Totters Us Goes It

Iraqi Government Totters US Goes it alone Against Mighty Sadah British Leave Basra Base The wrangling between President Jalal Talabani (a Kurd) and Prime Minister […]

Juan Cole

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