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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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Deaths of Americans in Fallujah: In revenge for Sharon’s Murder of Sheikh Yassin? There is increasing evidence that the brutal attack on the American security […]

Juan Cole

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Kimmitt Fallujah Will Be Just Like

Kimmitt Fallujah Will Be Just Like

Kimmitt: Fallujah will be just like Baqubah On the killing of the US security personnel in Fallujah on Wednesday: ‘ GEN. KIMMITT: What I’m suggesting […]

Juan Cole

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3 Us Troops Wounded 6 Iraqis Killed

3 US Troops Wounded, 6 Iraqis Killed Wire services report that guerrillas near Fallujah wounded three US troops with a roadside bomb on Thursday. Also […]

Juan Cole

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Tomdispatch Rice And Beans Tom

Tomdispatch: “Rice and Beans” Tom Engelhardt of Tomdispatch.com discusses the odd maneuvering of the Bush administration around the testimony of National Security Adviser Condi Rice […]

Juan Cole

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9 Americans Killed In And Around

9 Americans Killed in and around Fallujah; Bodies Desecrated The amount of violence against Americans on Wednesday was remarkable, with 5 US soldiers killed by […]

Juan Cole

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Thousands Of Shiites Protest In

Thousands Of Shiites Protest In

Thousands of Shiites Protest in Downtown Baghdad It wasn’t in the headlines in US media because of the violence in Fallujah, but several thousand angry […]

Juan Cole

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Zubaidi No Right Of Return Compensation

Zubaidi No Right Of Return Compensation

Zubaidi: No right of Return, Compensation for Iraqi Jews The Iraqi minister of Housing and Rebuilding, Bayan Baqir al-Zubaidi, denied Wednesday that the current Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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Wolfowitz Of Baghdad Rumors Are Flying

Wolfowitz Of Baghdad Rumors Are Flying

Wolfowitz of Baghdad? Rumors are flying around official Washington that the new US ambassador in Iraq as of July 1 will be Paul Wolfowitz. He […]

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8 Of Iraqi Academics Have Fled 1000

8% of Iraqi academics have Fled, 1000 Professionals Assassinated in past Year Ahmad Janabi reports that ‘ More than 1000 leading Iraqi professionals and intellectuals […]

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