Dear All, I I hope you are well. As I was thinking hard about how to balance the heavy political doze of these recent windows with some cultural content, I came across a set of beautiful art work, visual manifestations of the recent events by anonymous Iranian artists. What I love about them most is [...]
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Windows on Iran 95
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ahmadinejad, art, Fatemeh Keshavarz, iran, Iranian Art, iranian elections, iranian painters, Iranian Women, Manijeh Sehi, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, mousavi, painting, Parviz Meshkatian, Windows on Iran on October 4, 2009 |
Windows on Iran 90
Posted in Fatemeh Keshavarz, iran, Iranian Art, politics, Uncategorized, Windows on Iran, Yacob Amamehpich, tagged Ahmadinejad, art, Fatemeh Keshavarz, iran, Iranian Art, iranian elections, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, mousavi, Windows on Iran, Yacob Amamehpich on August 31, 2009 |
Dear All, I There has been a long pause between window 89 and window 90 which you are reading. This is not because there have not been important new developments in Iran but rather because of the new academic year. Here at Washington University in St. Louis, we are starting another busy and full year. [...]
Windows on Iran 52
Posted in iran, Iranian Music, Iranian Poetry, nuclear issue, u.s. media, Iranian Art, books, politics, history, Jews, IAEA, human rights, shiraz, Isfahan, NPT treaty, Tehran, sports, Iranian Americans, Setar, Rumi, painting, Fatemeh Keshavarz, contemporary iranian poetry, contemporary persian poetry, U.N., mowlavi, u.s. propaganda, Windows on Iran, maulana, maz jobrani, Axis of Evil, jewish, athletes, holocaust, Israel, music, Ahmadinejad, National Iranian American Council, European Union, sanctions, shiraz university, poetry, Iranians For Peace, IFP, st. louis post dispatch, A 21st-century warning from a 13th-century poet, Sa'di, counterpunch, leila zand, voices of peace, trade, Omid Safi, Arsalan Kazemi, basketball, NCAA, Iranian basketball, MSNBC, Iranian Basketball team, Francis Boyle, seymour hersh, Iman Maleki, false flag operation, persian culture, art, tar, oud, ud, ney, tagged Ahmadinejad, painting, iran, u.s. media, Jews, Setar, Omid Safi, U.N., Isfahan, Axis of Evil, music, sanctions, Iranian Americans, Rumi, Sa'di, Iman Maleki, Israel, art, Fatemeh Keshavarz, holocaust, counterpunch, mowlavi, poetry, maulana, maz jobrani, u.s. propaganda, hostage situation, esfahan, sports, persian culture, seymour hersh, shiraz university, Iranians For Peace, IFP, st. louis post dispatch, A 21st-century warning from a 13th-century poet, leila zand, voices of peace, trade, Arsalan Kazemi, basketball, NCAA, Iranian basketball, MSNBC, Iranian Basketball team, Francis Boyle, false flag operation, tar, ney, oud, ud, traditonal iranian music, traditional persian music, instruments, american women's softball team on October 2, 2008 |
Dear All, Greetings. I hope you are continuing to enjoy the summer. My summer has turned out to be as lively as the academic year usually is. Let me briefly report. * Last week I got together with my undergraduate classmates in a Shiraz University reunion held in San Diego! San Diego and Shiraz are [...]
Windows on Iran 51
Posted in Uncategorized, iran, nuclear issue, u.s. media, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, film, politics, intellectuals, IAEA, human rights, cinema, science, NPT treaty, Tehran, Iranian Americans, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, women, women's rights, women's studies, U.N., u.s. propaganda, medicine, Windows on Iran, CASMII, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, feminist, Hollywood, iranian student movement, columbia university, Israel, Khorasan, sculpture, photography, Trita Parsi, christian science monitor, feminist movement, iranian feminist movement, u.n. weapons inspector, Behnaz Seyedi, waterfalls, south korea, seoul, inventors, surgery, International Federation of Inventors' Associations, Maryam Eslami, The Stone, Smadar Monsinos, Mahnaz Tamizi, pottery, Shlomo Ben-Ami, National Iranian American Council, Toledo International Center for Peace, Manouchehr Mottaki, European Union, Javier Solana, U.N. Security Council, sanctions, computers, germany, tagged Tehran, iran, women, u.s. media, women's rights, U.N., sanctions, National Iranian American Council, Trita Parsi, Iranian Women, Israel, art, feminism, Fatemeh Keshavarz, u.s. propaganda, photography, columbia university, Khorasan, sculpture, Treacherous Alliance: the Secret Dealings of Israel, Behnaz Seyedi, waterfall, inventors, south korea, seoul, surgery, International Federation of Inventors' Associations, Maryam Eslami, iranian constitution, women's movement, The Stone, Smadar Monsinos, Mahnaz Tamizi, pottery, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Toledo International Center for Peace, Manouchehr Mottaki, European Union, Javier Solana, U.N. Security Council, firefighter, doctors, olecranon, computers, germany on September 30, 2008 |
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 [...]
Windows on Iran 47
Posted in Admiral William Fallon, afghanistan, calligraphy, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, CASMII, Cherbourg, Ehsan Yarshater, Encyclopedia Iranica, eygpt, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, feminist movement, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN, france, hafsin, haftsin, history, holidays, human rights, IAEA, iran, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, iranian feminist movement, Iranian Food, Iranian Women, Iraq, iraq war, Japan Focus, joint chiefs of staff, kurdish, Kurds, mehrangiz kar, michael klare, nie report, nobel peace prize, nobel prize, nouruz, nowrouz, Nowruz, NPT treaty, nuclear issue, oil, Persian Empire, persian gulf, persian new year, photography, politics, President Sarkozy, religion, Shirin Ebadi, submarines, suez canal, Tabriz, the nation, U.N., u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, US Treasury Department, Windows on Iran, women, women's rights, women's studies, Zoroastrianism, 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 |
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 [...]
Windows on Iran 45
Posted in chess, christian science monitor, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, feminist movement, gardens, Gareth Porter, Hoda Alavi, human rights, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian Art, iranian feminist movement, Iranian Music, iranian navy, iranian peace museum, iranian student movement, Iranian Women, Iraq, iraq war, music, new orientalism, Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, parks, peace museum, persian gulf incident, photography, politics, protests, Scott Peterson, Shirin Ebadi, sports, sufi music, sufism, Tehran, tehran city park, tehran peace monument, Tehran University, Treacherous Alliance: the Secret Dealings of Israel, Trita Parsi, u.s. media, u.s. navy, u.s. propaganda, universities, Vahdat Hall, washington post, Windows on Iran, 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 |
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 [...]
