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Rumi and Shakespeare: On Forgiveness and Reconciliation
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Rumi and Shakespeare: On Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Juan Cole

Jalaluddin Rumi (d. 1273) has sometimes been called “the Shakespeare of the East.” The comparison is just

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One Year After Assad’s Fall: Iran’s Strategic Collapse In Syria

One Year After Assad’s Fall: Iran’s Strategic Collapse In Syria

12/13/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

The Transatlantic Rift over Gaza’s Future

The Transatlantic Rift over Gaza’s Future

12/13/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

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Of Fallujah And Kirkuk Us Forces

Of Fallujah And Kirkuk Us Forces

Of Fallujah and Kirkuk The US forces declared they had taken Samarra back away from the guerrilla resistance, though they admitted there there were still […]

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Samarra Campaign Sistani Aide Insists

Samarra Campaign Sistani Aide Insists

Samarra Campaign Sistani Aide Insists on Elections Some 3000 US soldiers and 1000 Iraqi national guardsmen advanced into downtown Samarra on Friday, engaging in heavy […]

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Debate And Chalabi I Wonder If More

Debate And Chalabi I Wonder If More

Debate and Chalabi I wonder if more could not have been made about Bush’s constant zigzags on Iraq policy. First he was going to send […]

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Debate One New Thing I Noticed In

Debate One New Thing I Noticed In

Debate The one new thing I noticed in the debate was Kerry’s explicit reference to getting help for the US in Iraq from the Arab […]

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Some 50 Dead 145 Wounded Guerrillas

Some 50 Dead 145 Wounded Guerrillas

Some 50 Dead, 145 Wounded Guerrillas useda coordinated series of car bombs to kill around 50 persons, mostly children, and to wound 145 on Thursday. […]

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Rebuilding Iraqs Universities Guest

Rebuilding Iraqs Universities Guest

Rebuilding Iraq’s Universities Guest Editorial by Keith Watenpaugh Keith Watenpaugh kindly permitted me to reproduce some of his talk here. JRIC. Rebuilding Iraq’s Academic Community: […]

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President Al Yawir Decries Collective

President Al Yawir Decries Collective

President al-Yawir Decries “Collective Punishment” 13 Killed in Continued Battles Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawir strongly protested US air strikes against Iraqi cities, comparing them to […]

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Is Justice Being Delayed by Bush Administration Politics?

Is Justice Being Delayed by Bush Administration Politics?

Is Justice Being Delayed by Bush Administration Politics? Several high-profile FBI investigations, in which substantial progress have been made, may well have been put on […]

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On Virtues Of Changing Mind It Is

On Virtues Of Changing Mind It Is

On the Virtues of Changing the Mind It is depressing for me to see George W. Bush on the stump doing a stand-up comedy routine […]

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