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.
Personal News:
Before [...]
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Windows on Iran 33
Posted in Azar Nafisi, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Iranian Americans, Iranian Women, Iraq, NPR, Taliban, Tehran, Windows on Iran, athletes, books, feminism, feminist, fencing, golfing, human rights, iran, iraq war, jasmine and stars: reading more than lolita in iran, kabul, kickboxing, kung fu, new orientalism, orientalism, rowing, skating, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged Tehran, iran, u.s. media, Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran, NPR, Taliban, Fatemeh Keshavarz, northern iran, new york times, u.s. propaganda, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, afghanistan, NATO, st. louis on the air, jasmine and stars: reading more than lolita in tehran, nyt, ny times, Iran Cracks Down on Dissent, Neil MacFarquhar, shirzanan, sports, iranian women's sports, women athletes, iranian women athletes, skating, kickboxing, kung fu, Mahdiyeh Montazeran, fencing, rowing, bulgaria, Sahra Zlqadr, Saba Shaiesteh, Minoo Zargari, Mina Amini, golf, iranian women golfer on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
I hope your summer is going well. I am preparing for a presentation and reading in DC next weekend and then a few weeks of rest in Istanbul, Turkey in the month of July. So, I predict the month of July would be somewhat quieter. That is to say, you will – most probably [...]
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 5
Posted in 9/11, Iranian Architecture, Iranian Art, Iranian Music, Iranian Poetry, Iranian Women, books, cinema, film, intellectuals, iran, politics, religion, shiraz, u.s. media, tagged 9/11, arts, family, gender, Hamid Naficy, Islamic North American Convention, Kourosh Taqavi, Letter from Iran: A Different Face, Mohammad Khatami, Neda Chaychi, Niki Karimi, NPR, Omid Safi, Pegah Ahangarani, Progressive Muslims, Representation and Identity, Richard Tapper, Robert Fisk, Setar, Seyyid Hossein Nasr, shiraz, Steven Knipp, Tahmineh Milani, tea house, The New Iranian Cinema: Politics, Two Women, u.s. media, women on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Greetings again!
Many thanks for all your kind messages and for forwarding to friends.
Within minutes of sending out a new “Window,” I receive thank you
messages from a wide range of places in the world! I feel amply rewarded
for the work I put into each window. Sometimes, you write with a
specific query about a book or a [...]
Windows on Iran 4
Posted in Iranian Architecture, Iranian Art, Iranian Poetry, Iranian Women, education, elections, history, intellectuals, iran, philosophy, politics, u.s. media, tagged Ahmadinejad, Azad University, Behrooz Ghamari, Christians, churches, CNN, elections, Ervand Abrahamian, Forough Farrokhzad, Hannibal Alkhas, Iranian History, Nima Youshij, NPR, philosophy, Rabi Adi Alkhas, Tom Friedman, u.s. media, voting on August 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Greetings to all.
Thanks again for your continued enthusiastic reception of these windows. Please feel free to forward to colleagues, friends, and students (or suggest names to be added to the list). Furthermore, I would be delighted with any suggestions you might have to make the material more useable in the classroom.
Two personal messages: first very [...]
