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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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More on Marine Mosque Killing Iraqis continued to be furious Wednesday over the shooting by a US marine of a wounded Iraqi fighter in a […]

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Election Boycott Announced Forty Seven

Election Boycott Announced Forty Seven

Election Boycott Announced Forty-seven Iraqi political parties, including many with a religious base, have announced that they will boycott the planned January elections. They met […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Press Reaction To Fallujah

Iraqi Press Reaction To Fallujah

Iraqi Press Reaction to Fallujah Mosque Killing Al-Hayat: (trans. J. Cole): “The killing of a wounded Iraqi in a Fallujah mosque by an American Marine […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Urges Iraqis To Put Aside

Sistani Urges Iraqis To Put Aside

Sistani urges Iraqis to put aside Narrow Interests Al-Hayat, Ja`far al-Ahmar: The battle of Fallujah uncovered some of the fissures, contradictions, and crticisms that had […]

Juan Cole

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Powells Resignation Colin Powells

Powell’s Resignation Colin Powell’s resignation as secretary of state may be a more important development than meets the eye. It could be argued that he […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Arab Regions In Flames Heavy

Sunni Arab Regions In Flames Heavy

Sunni Arab Regions in Flames Heavy fighting continued in Fallujah on Monday, according to Reuters, as some guerrillas there demonstrated that they would fight to […]

Juan Cole

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Fallujah And Aftermath In Baiji On

Fallujah and the Aftermath In Baiji on Sunday, clashes between US troops and guerrillas left 12 Iraqis dead and 25 wounded. Most Americans do not […]

Juan Cole

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Member Of Parliament Assassinated

Member Of Parliament Assassinated

Member of Parliament Assassinated Bombs go off in Baghdad AP rounds up Saturday’s events in Iraq. Explosions went off in Baghdad and at the Green […]

Juan Cole

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Regionalist Model For Iraq Fred Kaplan

Regionalist Model For Iraq Fred Kaplan

Regionalist Model for Iraq Fred Kaplan at Slate discusses the proposal of former Iraqi national security adviser Muwaffaq al-Rubaie for consolidating the 18 Iraqi provinces […]

Juan Cole

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