Dear All,
Greetings after a long absence. I have been very busy preparing for the academic year and participating in St. Louis community events. In the second week of August, I spoke at CAJE (Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education) which held its annual meeting in St. Louis and on the campus of Washington University. It [...]
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Windows on Iran 36
Posted in Bay Area Iranian American Democrats, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Hannibal Alkhas, Iranian Art, Iranian Music, Iranian Women, Iraq, Jews, Tehran, Washington University in St. Louis, Windows on Iran, afghanistan, conference on alternatives in jewish education, elaheh, feminism, feminist, iran, iraq war, jewish, kabul, politics, rabbis, religion, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, universities, veterans for peace, watercolor, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, art, Assyrian, baiad, Bay Area Iranian American Democrats, caje, china, conference on alternatives in jewish education, democratic party, elaheh, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Hamid Karzai, Hannibal Alkhas, iran, Iranian Art, iranian revolutionary guard, Iraq, iraq war, kabul, narcotics, Nuri al-Maliki, painting, Rosvai Zamaneh Manam, russia, Tehran, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, veterans for peace, vfp, Washington University, water color, Windows on Iran, woman with a velvet voice on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Windows on Iran 27
Posted in 9/11, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Bill Ramsey, CASMII, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, Cyrus the Great, ETA, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Howard Brick, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, Iraq, Persian Empire, Washington University Peace Coalition, Washington University in St. Louis, Windows on Iran, civil society, cyrus, farah notash, feminism, feminist, history, intellectuals, iran, iraq war, john lewis, john mccain, politics, terrorism, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, 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 | Leave a Comment »
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 students together [...]
Windows on Iran 24
Posted in 300, Ahasuerus, Ahmad Shamlu, Book of Kings, Central Reform Congregation, Central Reform Congregational, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ferdowsi, Firdowsi, Frank Miller, Greece, Hollywood, IAEA, IED, Iranian Americans, Iranian Architecture, Iranian Art, Iranian Poetry, Iraq, Isfahan, Jews, NPT treaty, Persian Empire, Shahnameh, Tehran, U.N., Windows on Iran, battle of Thermopylae, book of esther, botany, calligraphy, cinema, civil society, contemporary iranian poetry, contemporary persian poetry, film, gardens, history, intellectuals, iran, iraq war, islamic architecture, math, military industrial complex, movie 300, nowrouz, nuclear issue, orientalism, persian new year, politics, safarnameh, science, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, 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 | Leave a Comment »
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 say the same for the [...]
Windows on Iran 22
Posted in CASMII, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, Dokhi Fassihian, Fatemeh Keshavarz, IED, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, Iraq, Masoud Dashtban, NPR, Nami Petgar, Rumi, Tehran, Windows on Iran, X Carolina Center for Middle Eastern Studies, fatima bhutto, feminism, feminist, iran, iraq war, maulana, mountains, mowlavi, painting, politics, protests, religion, the ecstatic faith of rumi, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged Alice Bloch, anti-war, art, attacking iran, Building Confidence, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, Carolina Center for Middle Eastern Studies, CASMII, contemporary iranian painter, countryside of iran, Dokhi Fassihian, Fatemeh Keshavarz, fatima bhutto, feminism, feminist, hills, IED, iran, iranian feminist movement, iranian painters, Iranian Women, Iraq, iraq war, Krista Tippett, landscape, Lian Ensemble, Masoud Dashtban, mountains, mowlavi, muslim women, nader sadeghi, Nami Petgar, National Iranian American Council, NIAC, NPR, or Building Confidence for Regime Change?, pictures, Rumi, Speaking of Faith, the ecstatic faith of rumi, u.s. media, women, zari teheri on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Friends,
I missed the opportunity last weekend for sending out Window number 22. I was in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (thanks to Carolina Center for Middle Eastern Studies) making a presentation, a book reading, and a joint reading and dance in which I shared the stage with my wonderful dancer and choreographer friend Dr. Alice [...]
Windows on Iran 20
Posted in Fatemeh Keshavarz, Forough Farrokhzad, IAEA, Iranian Art, Iranian Poetry, Iranian Women, Iraq, NPT treaty, cinema, civil society, contemporary iranian poetry, contemporary persian poetry, feminism, film, francis fukuyama, iran, iraq war, kish island, malls, nuclear issue, politics, robert dreyfuss, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged ahmet karamustafa, another birth, attack iran, cinema, contemporary persian poetry, demonization of iran, demonize iran, diplomacy, documentary, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, film, Forough Farrokhzad, francis fukuyama, Fukuyama, iran, Iranian Women, iraq war, javdaneh, kish island, let us have faith in the beginning of the cold season, love, modern iran, northern iran, nuclear, nuclear issue, Persian Poetry, poor areas of iran, popular tourist attractions in iran, robert dreyfuss, Shabab golchin, the eternal forough, tourism, unesco, unesco photo competition, WMD, women on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
We have cause for celeberation! I know, it seems strange, but I have my reasons. First, this is the 20th window! We have lasted this long. I don’t know how I have managed but here it is. Perhaps mostly because you have been cheering me on (even though I don’t get to write back [...]
