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 [...]
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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 |
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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 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 [...]
Windows on Iran 15
Posted in Amir Kabir University, civil society, education, elections, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, gardens, intellectuals, iran, Iranian Architecture, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, Jews, protests, Tehran, tourism, u.s. media, universities, women, yazd, tagged Abedini, Ahmadinejad, Amir Kabir University of Tehran, art, Claus Award, election boycott, Fatemeh Keshavarz, garden, gardens, graphic design, hardliners, holocaust, institute of international studies, Iranian Architecture, iranian elections, iranian foreign ministry, iranian jewish community, iranian opposition to government, iranian sweets, Jews, moderates, opposition to ahmadinejad, protestor of global vision of holocaust, Reza Abedini, Tehran, textile, textile industry, the global vision of the holocaust, u.s. media, yazd, Yezd, Zoroastrian, Zoroastrianism on August 15, 2008 |
Dear all, I hope you are all doing well. Our semester is coming to an end here at Washington University in St. Louis. The weather has taken a turn for the better, and most of the city finally has power back. I hope to be able to start working on archiving these windows on line [...]
