Dear All, I I hope you are well. Some of you have forwarded Iran related information to me with a hint of “where is window 96?” And some have outright asked! It is so good to know that you are anticipating these windows. It has been a busy time in the semester. I Let us [...]
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Windows on Iran 96
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Tehran, science, Ahmadinejad, iran, Jews, Azad University, Mohammad Khatami, Iranian Music, Windows on Iran, Iranian Jews, Fatemeh Keshavarz, iranian universities, iranian elections, iranian jewish community, Ali Larijani, economics, bloggers, shiraz university, mousavi, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Shahre Kord, Tehran University of Science and Technology, Mashhad University, shahverdi, iranian bloggers, Golam Ali Haddad Adel, green movement, Laleh Park, traditional iranian music, Ruyan Institute on October 14, 2009 |
Windows on Iran 94
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Tehran, nuclear issue, Ahmadinejad, iran, nuclear, IAEA, music, Iranian Music, Windows on Iran, Fatemeh Keshavarz, iranian elections, u.s. propaganda, mousavi, Mir-Hossein Mousavi on September 29, 2009 |
Dear All, I Amidst rumors that Iranian universities may remain closed to prevent the students from contributing to further protests (the government suggested swine flue as the reason), they actually opened today. And so did the student protests. Click here to see a slide show of these lively demonstrations posted on the web a few [...]
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 [...]
Windows on Iran 38
Posted in iran, Iranian Music, nuclear issue, u.s. media, Iranian Women, politics, history, elections, IAEA, al-qa'ida, al-qaeda, tourism, gardens, NPT treaty, Tehran, sports, Iranian Americans, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, women, protests, women's rights, women's studies, Iraq, WMD, U.N., u.s. propaganda, iraq war, Windows on Iran, al-Qa'ideh, IED, feminist, Axis of Evil, iranian cyclists for peace, Haleh Esfandiari, cycling, polls, miles for peace, joe lieberman, fencing, athletes, afghanistan, codepink, Leslie Angeline, iranian student movement, racing, kahrizak foundation, tagged Tehran, Ahmadinejad, iran, nuclear, al-qa'ida, IAEA, women, al-Qa'ideh, Axis of Evil, Taliban, women's sports, Iranian Music, Windows on Iran, al-qaeda, Iraq, feminism, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Persians, codepink, Haleh Esfandiari, iranian american, joe lieberman, afghanistan, sports, fencing, Hamid Karzai, npt, non-proliferation treaty, iran the eternal land of the persians, persia, Leslie Angeline, iranian miles for peace, feminist movement, student movement, democracy, kahrizak foundation, elderly, athletes, racing, soccer, iranian women's soccer, iranian women's racing, iranian women's fencing on September 12, 2008 |
Dear All, I hope you have had a nice long weekend. I managed to salvage a few hours of the weekend to put together a new window on Iran for you. Let us get to Window 38 without further ado. Musical Opening Due to constant threat of a pending military strike on Iran, the Iranian [...]
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 18
Posted in books, bookstores, calligraphy, cinema, civil society, contemporary iranian poetry, contemporary persian poetry, fashion, Fatemeh Keshavarz, film, Iranian Architecture, Iranian Art, Iranian Poetry, Iranian Women, mowlavi, nuclear issue, Persian Empire, philosophy, politics, robert bly, Rumi, symphony, Tehran, tehran symphony orchestra, U.N., tagged cinema, nuclear issue, Persian Poetry, Ahmadinejad, iran, nuclear, books, film, U.N., Khatami, music, Persian Empire, U.S. congress, Iranian Music, calligraphy, Rumi, art, documentary, Cyrus the Great, stanford, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Iranian Architecture, mowlavi, poetry, robert bly, fashion, tehran fashion show, ladies fashion show iran, peace march, roozna, Mark Mazzetti, John D. Rockefeller, Iranian permanent mission to the united nations, tehran symphony orchestra, iran and muslim renaissance, soroush irfani, Persian-Islamic, western thought, graphic arts, Bibliography of Iranian Graphic Arts, Houssein Chanani, dissertations, design, television, computer, bookshop, castle in roodkhan, sadabad palace on August 15, 2008 |
Hi all, No, I have not disappeared on you. In fact, it is good to be opening a new window on Iran. I went to a birthday celeberation for my poet Rumi (b.1207) in Stanford. Yes, you are right, his 800 Birthday. As we say in Persian jaye shoma khali! “wish you had been there.” [...]
