Dear All, Greetings from St. Louis, Missouri. I hope you are all well and looking forward to a happy and relaxing summer. Let me start with a bit of personal news. As you know, I have been on leave of absence during the spring semester. I am now looking forward to resuming full academic duties. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’
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 36
Posted in afghanistan, Bay Area Iranian American Democrats, conference on alternatives in jewish education, elaheh, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, Hannibal Alkhas, iran, Iranian Art, Iranian Music, Iranian Women, Iraq, iraq war, jewish, Jews, kabul, politics, rabbis, religion, Tehran, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, universities, veterans for peace, Washington University in St. Louis, watercolor, Windows on Iran, 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 |
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. [...]
Windows on Iran 27
Posted in 9/11, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Bill Ramsey, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, CASMII, civil society, cyrus, Cyrus the Great, ETA, farah notash, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, history, Howard Brick, intellectuals, iran, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, Iraq, iraq war, john lewis, john mccain, Persian Empire, politics, terrorism, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, Washington University in St. Louis, Washington University Peace Coalition, Windows on Iran, 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 |
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 [...]
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 [...]
