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Dear All,
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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 hours ago: [...]
Posted in Admiral William Fallon, CASMII, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, Cherbourg, Ehsan Yarshater, Encyclopedia Iranica, Fatemeh Keshavarz, FinCEN, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, IAEA, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Food, Iranian Women, Iraq, Japan Focus, Kurds, NPT treaty, Nowruz, Persian Empire, President Sarkozy, Shirin Ebadi, Tabriz, U.N., US Treasury Department, Windows on Iran, Zoroastrianism, afghanistan, calligraphy, eygpt, feminism, feminist, feminist movement, france, hafsin, haftsin, history, holidays, human rights, iran, iranian feminist movement, iraq war, joint chiefs of staff, kurdish, mehrangiz kar, michael klare, nie report, nobel peace prize, nobel prize, nouruz, nowrouz, nuclear issue, oil, persian gulf, persian new year, photography, politics, religion, submarines, suez canal, the nation, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged nuclear issue, painting, iran, nuclear, women's rights, Bush, Tabriz, Shirin Ebadi, art, Fatemeh Keshavarz, love, hafsin, haftsin, nowrouz, women's rights movement, persian gulf, photography, dick cheney, Admiral William Fallon, france, persian culture, the nation, nouruz, Encyclopedia Iranica, Ehsan Yarshater, nie report, michael klare, Japan Focus, US Treasury Department, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN, President Sarkozy, Cherbourg, egypt, submarines, suez canal, Sepideh Farzam, nobel peace prize, mehrangiz kar on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
Greetings and a very Happy Spring to you! We are in the first week of Nouruz, the Persian New Year. How can I not come out of sabbatical to open a new window, even the ground hog is out. I’ll make this a pictorial essay as far as possible (Usually I attach one slide [...]
Posted in Fatemeh Keshavarz, IAEA, Immanuel Wallerstein, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, Israel, John Abizaid, Lily Afshar, Mahmoud Karimi-Hakkak, Mansoureh Panahgar, NPT treaty, San Jose State University, Setar, Tehran, U.N., WMD, Washington University in St. Louis, Windows on Iran, columbia university, feminism, feminist, harpsichord, intellectuals, iran, lonely planet, mahan esfahani, mahan isfahani, motti lerner, music, nuclear issue, painting, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, universities, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged Ahmadinejad, art, Axis of Evil, Benedictus, columbia university, Fatemeh Keshavarz, guitar, harpsichord, Immanuel Wallerstein, iran, iranian american, Iranian Americans, Israel, jew, John Abizaid, Lily Afshar, lonely planet guide book, mahan isfahani, Mahmoud Karimi-Hakkak, Mansoureh Panahgar, Motti Learner, music, muslim, nuclear, nuclear issue, Omid Kordestani, painting, persian culture, San Jose State University, Setar, Talare Vahdat, Tehran, tourism, Washington University in St. Louis, women musicians on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
Greetings! I hope you are all well. Many of you have asked for my comments on Mr. Ahmadinejad’s presentations/interview at Columbia. I promise to do that after I have had a few days to gather a summary of important points. This is likely to be the next window.
The current window is number 40 and [...]
Posted in Axis of Evil, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Haleh Esfandiari, IAEA, IED, Iranian Americans, Iranian Music, Iranian Women, Iraq, Leslie Angeline, NPT treaty, Tehran, U.N., WMD, Windows on Iran, afghanistan, al-Qa'ideh, al-qa'ida, al-qaeda, athletes, codepink, cycling, elections, feminism, feminist, fencing, gardens, history, iran, iranian cyclists for peace, iranian student movement, iraq war, joe lieberman, kahrizak foundation, miles for peace, nuclear issue, politics, polls, protests, racing, sports, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, women, women's rights, women's studies, 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 | Leave a Comment »
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 American community is [...]
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 [...]
