Dear All, I hope your summer is going well. I am preparing for a presentation and reading in DC next weekend and then a few weeks of rest in Istanbul, Turkey in the month of July. So, I predict the month of July would be somewhat quieter. That is to say, you will – most [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Windows on Iran 33
Posted in athletes, Azar Nafisi, books, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, fencing, golfing, human rights, iran, Iranian Americans, Iranian Women, Iraq, iraq war, jasmine and stars: reading more than lolita in iran, kabul, kickboxing, kung fu, new orientalism, NPR, orientalism, rowing, skating, Taliban, Tehran, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, Windows on Iran, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged afghanistan, Azar Nafisi, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, bulgaria, Fatemeh Keshavarz, fencing, golf, iran, Iran Cracks Down on Dissent, iranian women athletes, iranian women golfer, iranian women's sports, jasmine and stars: reading more than lolita in tehran, kickboxing, kung fu, Mahdiyeh Montazeran, Mina Amini, Minoo Zargari, NATO, Neil MacFarquhar, new york times, northern iran, NPR, ny times, nyt, Reading Lolita in Tehran, rowing, Saba Shaiesteh, Sahra Zlqadr, shirzanan, skating, sports, st. louis on the air, Taliban, Tehran, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, women athletes on August 31, 2008 |
Windows on Iran 31
Posted in 1979 Revolution, Admiral William Fallon, Azaseh Moaveni, bill clinto, books, bookstores, cannes film festival, cinema, civil society, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, film, film festival, Hillary Clinton, history, intellectuals, iran, Iranian Art, iranian book fair, Iranian Women, islamic mysticism, joint chiefs of staff, karate, literature, Marjane Satrapi, mysticism, Nasrin Dastan, painting, Pegah bookstore, Persepolis, Sharnoush Parsipour, sports, sufism, sunday times, Tehran, tehran international book fair, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, watercolor, Windows on Iran, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged 1979 Revolution, Admiral William Fallon, Azaseh Moaveni, bill clinton, bookstores, Canne Film Festival, censorship, Da Vinci Code, dick cheney, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Gareth Porter, Hillary Clinton, iran, iranian painters, Iranian Women, iranian women karate, islamic mysticism, Jamel Debbouze, Jury Prize, karate, Marjane Satrapi, Meaning of the Night, My Life, mysticism, Nasrin Dastan, painting, Persepolis, persian gulf, Seeking Signs of Literary Life in Iran, Sharnoush Parsipour, sufism, sunday times, Teach Peace Foundation, Tehran, tehran international book fair, Tuba, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, u.s. warships, watercolor, women, women's karate on August 30, 2008 |
Dear All, I hope you are enjoying the summer. As you were busy reading the previous window, I was traveling some more, this time to Chicago for a workshop and a book signing. Let me welcome you to window 31 without further ado: The two-day conference in Chicago was dedicated mostly discussing the subject of [...]
Windows on Iran 30
Posted in books, cannes film festival, Defending Prisoners' Rights Society, elections, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Fatemeh Rakeii, feminism, feminist, film, film festival, following muhammad, gardens, Haleh Esfandiari, International Society for Iranian Studies, iran, Iranian American Cultural Society of the Midwest, Iranian Americans, Iranian Music, Iranian Women, kia rostami, kiarostami, maulana, Missouri Historical Society, Monika Jalili, mowlavi, Noorsaaz, painting, politics, polls, Rumi, Songs of Love from Iran, Tehran, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, Windows on Iran, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged Abbas Kiarostami, ABC News, abolition of gender discrimination, actresses, associated press, Cannes Fil Festival, carl ernst, carl w. ernst, CIA, cinema, coalition of women, contemporary iranian painter, covert operations, Defending Prisoners' Rights Society, Emaddedin Baghi, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Fatemeh Rakeii, film, Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporar, gender issues, Haleh Esfandiari, International Society for Iranian Studies, irainian music, iran, iran darrudi, Iranian American Cultural Society of the Midwest, iranian painters, Iranian Women, judith ernst, landscape, maulana, Missouri Historical Society, Monika Jalili, mowlavi, music, natural beauty, nature, Noorsaaz, persian music, pew, Reformist, regime change, Rumi, Songs of Love from Iran, Tehran, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. muslims, u.s. propaganda, women, women in politics on August 30, 2008 |
Dear All, I hope you are enjoying the beginning of the summer. St. Louis summers are beautifully green. They can be toasty and wet too. We are enjoying a bit of both at the moment. The news from Iran has both good and disturbing parts. Among the disturbing parts are further American action to create [...]
Windows on Iran 27
Posted in 9/11, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Bill Ramsey, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, CASMII, civil society, cyrus, Cyrus the Great, ETA, farah notash, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, history, Howard Brick, intellectuals, iran, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, Iraq, iraq war, john lewis, john mccain, Persian Empire, politics, terrorism, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, Washington University in St. Louis, Washington University Peace Coalition, Windows on Iran, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged 9/11, A Manufactured Crisis: Facts and Fiction, and the Politics of a Nuclear Iran, basque separatist, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Bill Ramsey, bomb bomb bomb bomb iran, bomb iran, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, CASMII, culture, Cyrus the Great, cyrus the great palace, ETA, europol, farah notash, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, genocide, george mason university, GMU, Hands off Iran, hiroshima, Howard Brick, Human Right's Watch, iran, iranian painters, Iranian Women, Iraq, iraq war, islamic threat, john lewis, madrid, nagasaki, no substitute for victory, Out of Iraq, painting, pasargadae, Persian Empire, Senator John McCain, terrorism, terrorist attacks, Washington University Coalition for Peace, Washington University Peace Coalition, women on August 24, 2008 |
Dear All, I hope you are well. As we prepare to wrap up the semester here at Washington University in St. Louis, lots of exciting things are still happening. I will here mention two events specifically related to Iran. Last week, Washington University Coalition for Peace organized a panel discussion that brought close to fifty [...]
Windows on Iran 26
Posted in 300, Ahasuerus, alborz mountains, battle of Thermopylae, book of esther, books, botany, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, CASMII, CIA, civil society, cyrus, cyrus cylinder, Cyrus the Great, Eliz Sanasarian, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, Frank Miller, gardens, Greece, history, Hollywood, human rights, Hussain Alizadeh, Iranian Art, Iranian Music, Iranian Women, Isfahan, mount damavand, mountains, movie 300, nargis chalak, Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, painting, paragliding, Persian Empire, politics, protests, Ray Takeyh, Tehran, tourism, U.N., u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, vali nasr, Washington University in St. Louis, Windows on Iran, women, women's rights, women's studies, xerxes, tagged 300, alborz mountains, Alice Bloch, Best Research Book on Women, books, British museum, british soldiers arrested by iran, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, CASMII, CIA, contemporary iranian music, Council on Foreign Relations, covert operations in iran, cyrus, cyrus cylinder, Cyrus the Great, Eliz Sanasarian, esfahan, farvardin, fasl-e zanan, fasl-i zanan, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, feminist tribune, Frank Miller, gardens, Grammy Award, Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic, Hussain Alizadeh, iran, Iranian Americans, iranian feminist movement, Iranian Music, iranian musician, iranian painters, iranian pilot, iranian women's movement, Isfahan, Jens-e Dovom, Jens-i Dovom, Lisa Mullins, movie 300, nargis chalak, Nayereh Tohidi, Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, nowrouz, Nowruz, paragliding, Persian Empire, persian gulf, persian new year, photography, PRI, Ray Takeyh, sizdar bedar, Tehran, The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape, The Watching Heart: A Journey in Peace, The Women's Rights Movement in Iran: Mutiny, The World, tourism, translations, vali nasr, Washington University in St. Louis, What We Can Learn From Britain About Iran?, Windows on Iran, women, women's cultural center, women's rights, women's rights movement on August 22, 2008 |
Dear All, Yes, we missed a window altogether! The semester is coming to an end with lots of activity including course preparations, visits by the last speakers of the academic year, departmental duties, etc. My friend Alice Bloch and I had a repeat performance of “The Watching Heart: A Journey in Peace,” our Dance/Reading for [...]
Windows on Iran 25
Posted in 300, battle of Thermopylae, civil society, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Frank Miller, Greece, history, Hollywood, iran, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, Iraq, iraq war, Krista Nassi, movie 300, nowrouz, Nowruz, nuclear issue, painting, Persian Empire, persian new year, politics, Sparta, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, Windows on Iran, women, tagged painting, iran, women, u.s. media, Persian Empire, Iranian Americans, Iranian Women, art, Fatemeh Keshavarz, iranian diplomats arrested in iran, iranian diplomats, iranian painters, nowrouz, 300, movie 300, Greece, u.s. propaganda, nowrouz parade, nowrouz parade new york, Kaveh Farrokh, greek, british soldiers arrested by iran, Ali Larijani, Krista Nassi, hostage situation on August 22, 2008 |
Dear Friends, I hope you are all enjoying the arrival of spring. These are happy and festive times for Iranian Americans. Some visit the country. Others just send gifts and make phone calls. I wish I could send you many more visual represenations of Nowruz. I hear, however, that some modems (particularly with home computers) [...]
Windows on Iran 24
Posted in 300, Ahasuerus, Ahmad Shamlu, battle of Thermopylae, book of esther, Book of Kings, botany, calligraphy, Central Reform Congregation, Central Reform Congregational, cinema, civil society, contemporary iranian poetry, contemporary persian poetry, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ferdowsi, film, Firdowsi, Frank Miller, gardens, Greece, history, Hollywood, IAEA, IED, intellectuals, iran, Iranian Americans, Iranian Architecture, Iranian Art, Iranian Poetry, Iraq, iraq war, Isfahan, islamic architecture, Jews, math, military industrial complex, movie 300, nowrouz, NPT treaty, nuclear issue, orientalism, Persian Empire, persian new year, politics, safarnameh, science, Shahnameh, Tehran, tourism, U.N., u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, Windows on Iran, xerxes, tagged 300, Ahmad Shamlu, Alice Bloch, art, battle of Thermopylae, berkeley, Book of Kings, calligraphy, Central Reform Congregation, Central Reform Congregational, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ferdowsi, Frank Miller, gardens, Greeks, iran, Iranian Architecture, iranian civilization, Iraq, iraq war, islam, jewish, Jews, math, military industrial complex, miniature, miniture, movie 300, muslim, new york times, nowrouz, Nowruz, NPT treaty, nuclear, nuclear issue, orientalism, peace, persian art, Persian Empire, persian kings, Reza Tanha, safarnameh, sanctions, science, Shahnameh, Spartans, sunni militants, Tehran, U. N. Security Council, U.N., U.N. Resolution 1747, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, Windows on Iran, xerxes on August 21, 2008 |
Dear All, I hope you are well. Window number 24 on Iran comes with a bit of delay. End of March is the busiest time in the semester. Departmental responsibilites are growing. Teaching is going on full force. Now, add public speaking and local outreach. In other words, all is well! I wish I could [...]
