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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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Qazi Tries To Forestall Sunni Boycott

Qazi tries to Forestall Sunni Boycott of Elections Az-Zaman: United Nations special envoy to Iraq, Ashraf Jahangir Qazi, held talks on Wednesday with Shaikh Muhammad […]

Juan Cole

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Deadly Dual Use Explosives Missing

Deadly Dual Use Explosives Missing

Deadly Dual Use Explosives Missing: Part Deux The politicization of news in the United States has reached such an embarrassing point that what Vice Presidential […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Will Ask For Another 70 Billion

Bush Will Ask For Another 70 Billion

Bush will ask for another $70 Billion Allawi Slams Bush over Troop Massacre The Bush administration will ask for another $70 billion for Iraq in […]

Juan Cole

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10 Killed In Four Bombings Including

10 Killed In Four Bombings Including

10 Killed in four bombings, Including US Soldier Charges of Corruption In Halliburton Bids AP reports that that on Monday, guerrillas bombed four coalition and […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Is Making Us Safer Complete Lack

Bush Is Making Us Safer Complete Lack

Bush is Making us Safer? The complete lack of interest of the Bush administration in actually securing dangerous materials connected to the old, abandoned Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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Iri Suppresses Key Data Muqtada As

Iri Suppresses Key Data Muqtada As

IRI Suppresses Key Data Muqtada as Popular as Allawi In my posting on Sunday, I complained that the International Republican Institute rather unrealistically put a […]

Juan Cole

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Defending Massad Those Who Care

Defending Massad Those Who Care

Defending Massad Those who care anything for freedom of speech and academic integrity should please rise to the defense of Professor Joseph Massad at Columbia […]

Juan Cole

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6 Us Troops Wounded More Than 28

6 Us Troops Wounded More Than 28

6 US Troops Wounded, More than 28 Iraqis Dead, Over 50 Wounded On Saturday, Alistair Lyon reported from Baghdad along with David Randall in London […]

Juan Cole

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Is Iri Spinning Poll I Find Cover Page

Is Iri Spinning Poll I Find Cover Page

Is the IRI Spinning the Poll I find the cover page at the International Republican Institute web site concerning its recent polling in Iraq to […]

Juan Cole

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