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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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How We Denied Democracy To Middle East

How We Denied Democracy To Middle East

How We Denied Democracy to the Middle East Robert Fisk’s essay, “How we denied democracy to the ME,” coming in response to Bush’s new policy […]

Juan Cole

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Nightline On Iraq 11 24 Those Of You In

Nightline On Iraq 11 24 Those Of You In

Nightline on Iraq 11-24 Those of you in North America who can stay up late may want to watch Nightline tonight. It is on the […]

Juan Cole

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Shaping Iraqi Electorate Election Now

Shaping Iraqi Electorate Election Now

Shaping the Iraqi Electorate The election now envisaged by the Americans in Iraq this spring will not be a democratic, one person one vote, affair. […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqizing Security Al Hayat Reports

Iraqizing Security Al Hayat Reports

Iraqizing Security Al-Hayat reports that the US is pressuring the Interim Governing Council to speed up the transfer of responsibility for security to the Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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Us Arrests Newspaper Editor Us Forces

Us Arrests Newspaper Editor Us Forces

US arrests Newspaper Editor The US forces in Mosul have arrested Dhunun Yunis, the editor in chief of a local weekly newspaper, on charges of […]

Juan Cole

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3 Turks 307 Other Foreign Fighters In

3 Turks, 307 other Foreign Fighters in Custody The Kurdish militias say they have arrested three Turks, with Turkish passports and cellphones, whom they believe […]

Juan Cole

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Civilian Flights In And Out Of Baghdad

Civilian Flights In And Out Of Baghdad

Civilian Flights in and out of Baghdad Airport Halted As a result of the missile attack on the DHL plane this weekend, Coalition authorities have […]

Juan Cole

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Lebanons Hizbullah In Iraq Nyts James

Lebanons Hizbullah In Iraq Nyts James

Lebanon’s Hizbullah in Iraq The NYT’s James Risen has an article about the Lebanese Shiite group, Hizbullah, “infiltrating” Iraq. If one reads the article carefully, […]

Juan Cole

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Allegations About Iran And Al Qaeda

Allegations About Iran And Al Qaeda

Allegations about Iran and al-Qaeda Here we go again. Okaz, the Saudi tabloid, alleged that Saif al-Adil al-Misri, a high al-Qaeda official, ordered the recent […]

Juan Cole

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