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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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Martin And Malcolm Chalabi And Muqtada

Martin And Malcolm Chalabi And Muqtada

Martin and Malcolm, Chalabi and Muqtada An informed Iraqi Shiite writes: ” 1.Chalabi is setting himself up to be Martin Luther King to Muqtada’s Malcolm […]

Juan Cole

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Martin And Malcolm Chalabi And Muqtada

Martin And Malcolm Chalabi And Muqtada

Martin and Malcolm, Chalabi and Muqtada An informed Iraqi Shiite writes: ” 1.Chalabi is setting himself up to be Martin Luther King to Muqtada’s Malcolm […]

Juan Cole

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Chalabis House Raided He Is Suspended

Chalabis House Raided He Is Suspended

Chalabi’s House Raided; He is Suspended from the Interim Governing Council Ahmad Chalabi’s house was raided in Baghdad by US troops on orders of an […]

Juan Cole

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Chalabis House Raided He Is Suspended

Chalabis House Raided He Is Suspended

Chalabi’s House Raided; He is Suspended from the Interim Governing Council Ahmad Chalabi’s house was raided in Baghdad by US troops on orders of an […]

Juan Cole

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Rockets Fired At Italian Base News From

Rockets Fired At Italian Base News From

Rockets Fired at Italian Base News from Italy about Iraq via a kind reader there: Drawing on ANSA News agency (Rome): “Two rockets (NB: Italian […]

Juan Cole

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Rockets Fired At Italian Base News

Rockets Fired At Italian Base News

Rockets Fired at Italian Base News from Italy about Iraq via a kind reader there: Drawing on ANSA News agency (Rome): “Two rockets (NB: Italian […]

Juan Cole

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Wolfowitz And Marsh Arabs Mickey Kaus

Wolfowitz And Marsh Arabs Mickey Kaus

Wolfowitz and the Marsh Arabs Mickey Kaus responds to my explanation (below) of my view of the relative authority of Muqtada al-Sadr and Grand Ayatollah […]

Juan Cole

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Wolfowitz And Marsh Arabs Mickey Kaus

Wolfowitz And Marsh Arabs Mickey Kaus

Wolfowitz and the Marsh Arabs Mickey Kaus responds to my explanation (below) of my view of the relative authority of Muqtada al-Sadr and Grand Ayatollah […]

Juan Cole

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Us War Planes Kill 40 Iraqis Near

Us War Planes Kill 40 Iraqis Near

US War Planes Kill 40 Iraqis Near the Syrian Border The NYT report on the US helicopter gunship attack that killed 40 Iraqis, including 15 […]

Juan Cole

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