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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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Fighting In Iraq Reuters Is Reporting

Fighting In Iraq Reuters Is Reporting

The Fighting in Iraq Reuters is reporting that guerrillas detonated a car bomb early on Tuesday, killing 2 persons and wounding 3 others. They were […]

Juan Cole

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Bush And Iraqi Soccer From Bush Press

Bush And Iraqi Soccer From Bush Press

Bush and Iraqi Soccer From Bush press conference on Tuesday ‘ QUESTION: You’re not going to Athens this week, are you? BUSH: Athens, Texas? (LAUGHTER) […]

Juan Cole

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5 Us Soldiers Killed In 24 Hours 1

5 Us Soldiers Killed In 24 Hours 1

5 US Soldiers Killed in 24 Hours, 1 Wounded Australian Broadcasting reports that guerrillas killed one US soldier in Mosul on Sunday with a roadside […]

Juan Cole

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Egyptian Mufti Volcano Of Anger Over

Egyptian Mufti Volcano Of Anger Over

Egyptian Mufti: Volcano of Anger over Najaf The claim by Mahdi Army fighters that US bombing damaged part of a wall of the Ali shrine […]

Juan Cole

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Bushs Superficial Wounds In Vietnam

Bushs Superficial Wounds In Vietnam

Bush’s Superficial Wounds in the Vietnam Era The debate that a handful of Texas multi-millionnaires close to the Bush family have cleverly manufactured over John […]

Juan Cole

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Has Shrine Been Looted Shrine Of Ali

Has Shrine Been Looted Shrine Of Ali

Has the Shrine been Looted? The shrine of Ali was not only a tomb with an attached mosque. It was also a museum. Since being […]

Juan Cole

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Threats To Academic Freedom This

Threats To Academic Freedom This

Threats to Academic Freedom This important article on the current assaults on academic freedom is a must read.

Juan Cole

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Continued Violence In Iraq Major

Continued Violence In Iraq Major

Continued Violence in Iraq Major violence wracked Najaf again on Saturday. Mahdi militiamen launched mortar shells at US military positions, and they fired back, starting […]

Juan Cole

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Class Generation And Neo Khomeinism

Class Generation And Neo Khomeinism

Class, Generation and Neo-Khomeinism Khaled Yacoub Oweis of Reuters has an excellent piece today in which he points out that even if the U.S. can […]

Juan Cole

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