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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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Patel On Religious Authority For Quick

Patel On Religious Authority For Quick

Patel on Religious Authority For a quick primer on religious authority in Iraq, Sunni and Shiite, from an academic who has been living there for […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Strongly Condemns Us Operations In

Iran Strongly Condemns US Operations in Najaf, Karbala Supreme Jurisprudent Ali Khamenei of Iran finally broke his silence about the US military operations in Najaf […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Strongly Condemns Us Operations

Iran Strongly Condemns Us Operations

Iran Strongly Condemns US Operations in Najaf, Karbala Supreme Jurisprudent Ali Khamenei of Iran finally broke his silence about the US military operations in Najaf […]

Juan Cole

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Rumsfeld Plays M Gives License To Kill

Rumsfeld Plays M Gives License To Kill

Rumsfeld Plays “M”, Gives License to Kill Sy Hersh’s expose of an ultra-secret 00 unit of two hundred inside the Pentagon is probably the nail […]

Juan Cole

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Rumsfeld Plays M Gives License To Kill

Rumsfeld Plays M Gives License To Kill

Rumsfeld Plays “M”, Gives License to Kill Sy Hersh’s expose of an ultra-secret 00 unit of two hundred inside the Pentagon is probably the nail […]

Juan Cole

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Implication Of Shiite Divisions Scott

Implication Of Shiite Divisions Scott

The Implication of Shiite Divisions Scott Wilson of the Washington Post says that “A Divided South Moves to the Fore in Iraq.” The main point […]

Juan Cole

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Implication Of Shiite Divisions Scott

Implication Of Shiite Divisions Scott

The Implication of Shiite Divisions Scott Wilson of the Washington Post says that “A Divided South Moves to the Fore in Iraq.” The main point […]

Juan Cole

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Heavy Fighting In Karbala Amara

Heavy Fighting In Karbala Amara

Heavy Fighting in Karbala, Amara, Nasiriyah, Samawah 5 Americans Dead; British Kill 20 Near Amara The Shiite uprising of Muqtada al-Sadr continued Saturday, as it […]

Juan Cole

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Heavy Fighting In Karbala Amara

Heavy Fighting In Karbala Amara

Heavy Fighting in Karbala, Amara, Nasiriyah, Samawah 5 Americans Dead; British Kill 20 Near Amara The Shiite uprising of Muqtada al-Sadr continued Saturday, as it […]

Juan Cole

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