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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

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Voting Turnout Enormous Voting turnout in Minnesota is so high that it may put in doubt the 1956 record of 83 percent. You have to […]

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Bin Laden’s Audio: Threat to States? A complete English transcript of the Bin Laden audiotape released last week has now been posted by al-Jazeera. The […]

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What’s at Stake The Revolutionary vs. the Statesman The decision between Bush and Kerry will shape the world Americans live in during the next four […]

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9 Marines among 31 Killed in Iraq The news from Iraq on the last Saturday before the US elections was truly horrible, with an orgy […]

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Towers of Beirut Readers have asked me to what Bin Laden was referring when he said he first conceived the idea of attacking US skyscrapers […]

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