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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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Muqtada Thanks Iran Syria Sumaydi

Muqtada thanks Iran, Syria; Sumayd’i Criticizes Emergency Law as Undemocratic az-Zaman: Muqtada al-Sadr expressed his gratitude Friday to Iranian President Muhammad Khatami and Syrian President […]

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Voice of America Staff Petition to Congress I received the following from Alan Heil regarding the Voice of America and the continued sinister attempts to […]

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5 Us Soldiers Killed 20 Wounded At

5 US soldiers Killed, 20 Wounded at Samarra 4 Iraqis dead, 24 wounded AP reports that the chaos in Samarra spilled over Thursday onto the […]

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Guerrillas Number Over 20000 Some

Guerrillas number over 20,000 Some honest US officials in Iraq are finally admitting that US forces are not meeting a vanguard of international terrorism there […]

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Iraqi And Arab Press Critical Of

Iraqi and Arab Press Critical of Emergency Laws The BBC surveys reaction in the Iraqi and Arab press to the announcement of emergency laws by […]

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Zarqawi Not Al Qaeda Comment By David

Zarqawi not al-Qaeda: Comment by David Wright David Wright, a former Defense Department analyst and former Army Reserve strategic intelligence analyst has sent the following […]

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Kenny Boy and W. Eric Boehlert of Salon.com quotes approvingly two major newspaper leads that did not shy away from mentioning explicitly the close ties […]

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Children Detainees in Iraq? “Save the Children” is intervening with Coalition members in Iraq in an attempt to secure the release of an estimated 100 […]

Juan Cole

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