Dear All,
I hope you are having a great summer. The St. Louis weather has been exceptionally cooperating — so far. For those of you who are experiencing a hot summer, I will start this window with a cooling visual delight from Iran:
Frozen Waterfall
* Last winter, in the province of Khorasan in North East of Iran, [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Windows on Iran 51
Posted in Behnaz Seyedi, CASMII, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, European Union, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Hollywood, IAEA, International Federation of Inventors' Associations, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, Israel, Javier Solana, Khorasan, Mahnaz Tamizi, Manouchehr Mottaki, Maryam Eslami, NPT treaty, National Iranian American Council, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Smadar Monsinos, Tehran, The Stone, Toledo International Center for Peace, Trita Parsi, U.N., U.N. Security Council, Windows on Iran, christian science monitor, cinema, columbia university, computers, feminism, feminist, feminist movement, film, germany, human rights, intellectuals, inventors, iran, iranian feminist movement, iranian student movement, medicine, nuclear issue, photography, politics, pottery, sanctions, science, sculpture, seoul, south korea, surgery, u.n. weapons inspector, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, waterfalls, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged art, Behnaz Seyedi, columbia university, computers, doctors, European Union, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, firefighter, germany, International Federation of Inventors' Associations, inventors, iran, iranian constitution, Iranian Women, Israel, Javier Solana, Khorasan, Mahnaz Tamizi, Manouchehr Mottaki, Maryam Eslami, National Iranian American Council, olecranon, photography, pottery, sanctions, sculpture, seoul, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Smadar Monsinos, south korea, surgery, Tehran, The Stone, Toledo International Center for Peace, Treacherous Alliance: the Secret Dealings of Israel, Trita Parsi, U.N., U.N. Security Council, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, waterfall, women, women's movement, women's rights on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Windows on Iran 48
Posted in CASMII, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, Fatemeh Keshavarz, IAEA, IED, Iranian Americans, Iraq, Israel, NPT treaty, U.N., WMD, Washington University in St. Louis, Windows on Iran, codepink, history, intellectuals, iran, iraq war, john renard, leila sadat, nuclear issue, politics, saint louis university, scott ritter, st. louis ethical society, u.n. weapons inspector, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, universities, tagged iran, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Washington University in St. Louis, scott ritter, saint louis university, john renard, u.n. weapons inspector, leila sadat, st. louis ethical society, saint louis ethical society on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
I hope you are well. As many of you already know, Scott Ritter the former Chief U.N. Weapons Inspector in Iraq will soon speak in St. Louis. This is a rare opportunity to listen to a renowned and dedicated expert. If you are in the vicinity of St. Louis, please come and bring a [...]
Windows on Iran 47
Posted in Admiral William Fallon, CASMII, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, Cherbourg, Ehsan Yarshater, Encyclopedia Iranica, Fatemeh Keshavarz, FinCEN, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, IAEA, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Food, Iranian Women, Iraq, Japan Focus, Kurds, NPT treaty, Nowruz, Persian Empire, President Sarkozy, Shirin Ebadi, Tabriz, U.N., US Treasury Department, Windows on Iran, Zoroastrianism, afghanistan, calligraphy, eygpt, feminism, feminist, feminist movement, france, hafsin, haftsin, history, holidays, human rights, iran, iranian feminist movement, iraq war, joint chiefs of staff, kurdish, mehrangiz kar, michael klare, nie report, nobel peace prize, nobel prize, nouruz, nowrouz, nuclear issue, oil, persian gulf, persian new year, photography, politics, religion, submarines, suez canal, the nation, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged Admiral William Fallon, art, Bush, Cherbourg, dick cheney, egypt, Ehsan Yarshater, Encyclopedia Iranica, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN, france, hafsin, haftsin, iran, Japan Focus, love, mehrangiz kar, michael klare, nie report, nobel peace prize, nouruz, nowrouz, nuclear, nuclear issue, painting, persian culture, persian gulf, photography, President Sarkozy, Sepideh Farzam, Shirin Ebadi, submarines, suez canal, Tabriz, the nation, US Treasury Department, women's rights, women's rights movement on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
Greetings and a very Happy Spring to you! We are in the first week of Nouruz, the Persian New Year. How can I not come out of sabbatical to open a new window, even the ground hog is out. I’ll make this a pictorial essay as far as possible (Usually I attach one slide [...]
Windows on Iran 45
Posted in Fatemeh Keshavarz, Gareth Porter, Hoda Alavi, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian Art, Iranian Music, Iranian Women, Iraq, Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, Scott Peterson, Shirin Ebadi, Tehran, Tehran University, Treacherous Alliance: the Secret Dealings of Israel, Trita Parsi, Vahdat Hall, Windows on Iran, chess, christian science monitor, feminism, feminist, feminist movement, gardens, human rights, iranian feminist movement, iranian navy, iranian peace museum, iranian student movement, iraq war, music, new orientalism, parks, peace museum, persian gulf incident, photography, politics, protests, sports, sufi music, sufism, tehran city park, tehran peace monument, u.s. media, u.s. navy, u.s. propaganda, universities, washington post, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged art, chess, christian science monitor, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, feminist movement of iran, gardens, Gareth Porter, Hoda Alavi, incident in straits of hormuz, iran, iran peace museum, Iranian Music, iranian navy, iranian peace museum, iranian revolutionary guards, Iranian Women, iranian women's movement, Massoumeh Torfeh, Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, parks, peace museum, persian gulf incident, photography, protests, Scott Peterson, sports, sufi, sufi music, sufism, Tehran, tehran city park, tehran peace monument, Tehran University, Treacherous Alliance: the Secret Dealings of Israel, Trita Parsi, u.s. navy, Vahdat Hall, washington post, women on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All!
Greetings! I am back to wish you all a wonderful 2008 — and to open another window on Iran.
I hope you have had a peaceful holiday. In the spirit of celebration, let’s open this window with festive images of light and color. The young Iranian photographer Hoda Alavi uses urban landscape as her canvas [...]
Windows on Iran 42
Posted in Ahmadinejad, Azarbaijan, CIA, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Farzin Rezaeian, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ghazal Hakimifard, IAEA, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, Kazakhstan, Mohammad Mosaddeq, NPT treaty, Tabriz, Turkmenistan, Vadjiheh Fakour, Windows on Iran, afghanistan, anglo oil, athletes, caspian sea, chess, cia coup, columbia university, doris lessing, feminism, feminist, gilan, iran, mohammad mosaddeg, mohammad mosaddegh, nobel prize, nuclear issue, oil, painting, shah of iran, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, universities, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged Ahmadinejad, asian chess championship, Azarbaijan, bollinger, caspian sea, chess, cia coup, columbia university, daughter of kermansh, debra cagan, doris lessing, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Farzin Rezaeian, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ghazal Hakimifard, IAEA, iran, Iran: Seven Faces of a Civilization, Kazakhstan, Mohammad Mosaddeq, National Iranian American Council, new york times, NIAC, nobel prize, npt, NPT treaty, nuclear issue, oil, putin, sanctions, shah of iran, Tabriz, Turkmenistan, Vadjiheh Fakour, Washington University on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi All,
I hope you are all doing well. We are here at Washington University right in the heart of the semester which is why the windows have been coming your way more slowly. Still, hundreds (yes, I mean hundreds) of new subscribers have joined these windows in the past weeks. Welcome! I hope you find [...]
