Dear All,
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I hope you are well. As I was thinking hard about how to balance the heavy political doze of these recent windows with some cultural content, I came across a set of beautiful art work, visual manifestations of the recent events by anonymous Iranian artists. What I love about them most is that despite [...]
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Windows on Iran 95
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ahmadinejad, art, Fatemeh Keshavarz, iran, Iranian Art, iranian elections, iranian painters, Iranian Women, Manijeh Sehi, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, mousavi, painting, Parviz Meshkatian, Windows on Iran on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Windows on Iran 52
Posted in A 21st-century warning from a 13th-century poet, Ahmadinejad, Arsalan Kazemi, Axis of Evil, European Union, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Francis Boyle, IAEA, IFP, Iman Maleki, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Basketball team, Iranian Music, Iranian Poetry, Iranian basketball, Iranians For Peace, Isfahan, Israel, Jews, MSNBC, NCAA, NPT treaty, National Iranian American Council, Omid Safi, Rumi, Sa'di, Setar, Tehran, U.N., Windows on Iran, art, athletes, basketball, books, contemporary iranian poetry, contemporary persian poetry, counterpunch, false flag operation, history, holocaust, human rights, iran, jewish, leila zand, maulana, maz jobrani, mowlavi, music, ney, nuclear issue, oud, painting, persian culture, poetry, politics, sanctions, seymour hersh, shiraz, shiraz university, sports, st. louis post dispatch, tar, trade, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, ud, voices of peace, tagged A 21st-century warning from a 13th-century poet, Ahmadinejad, american women's softball team, Arsalan Kazemi, art, Axis of Evil, basketball, counterpunch, esfahan, false flag operation, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Francis Boyle, holocaust, hostage situation, IFP, Iman Maleki, instruments, iran, Iranian Americans, Iranian basketball, Iranian Basketball team, Iranians For Peace, Isfahan, Israel, Jews, leila zand, maulana, maz jobrani, mowlavi, MSNBC, music, NCAA, ney, Omid Safi, oud, painting, persian culture, poetry, Rumi, Sa'di, sanctions, Setar, seymour hersh, shiraz university, sports, st. louis post dispatch, tar, trade, traditional persian music, traditonal iranian music, U.N., u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, ud, voices of peace on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
Greetings. I hope you are continuing to enjoy the summer. My summer has turned out to be as lively as the academic year usually is. Let me briefly report.
* Last week I got together with my undergraduate classmates in a Shiraz University reunion held in San Diego! San Diego and Shiraz are both beautiful [...]
Windows on Iran 47
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 [...]
Windows on 40
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 [...]
Windows on Iran 39
Posted in Fatemeh Keshavarz, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Poetry, Iranian Women, Jews, Rumi, Teach Peace Foundation, Tehran, Windows on Iran, afghanistan, columbus dispatch, feminism, feminist, holocaust, iran, islamic mysticism, jewish, mahtab abdullahi, maulana, mowlavi, mysticism, painting, politics, rabbis, religion, soap operas, sufism, synagogues, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged painting, iran, Jews, Wall Street Journal, National Iranian American Council, Rumi, Windows on Iran, synagogues tehran, synagogues iran, art, Fatemeh Keshavarz, holocaust, mowlavi, maulana, jewish, islam, Teach Peace Foundation, zero degree turn, iranian-palestinian, france, jew, Shahab Husseini, synagogue, columbus dispatch, mahtab abdullahi, soap opera, iranian soap opera on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
I hope you are all well. Here in St. Louis we are enjoying the slight cooling down of September while Washington University is now in full motion with the fall semester. New students, some new colleagues, lots of activity…it is all wonderful. I am off for a short trip to London to convene a [...]
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 »
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 [...]
Windows on Iran 31
Posted in 1979 Revolution, Admiral William Fallon, Azaseh Moaveni, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Hillary Clinton, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, Marjane Satrapi, Nasrin Dastan, Pegah bookstore, Persepolis, Sharnoush Parsipour, Tehran, Windows on Iran, bill clinto, books, bookstores, cannes film festival, cinema, civil society, feminism, feminist, film, film festival, history, intellectuals, iran, iranian book fair, islamic mysticism, joint chiefs of staff, karate, literature, mysticism, painting, sports, sufism, sunday times, tehran international book fair, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, watercolor, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged 1979 Revolution, Admiral William Fallon, Azaseh Moaveni, bill clinton, bookstores, Canne Film Festival, censorship, Da Vinci Code, dick cheney, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Gareth Porter, Hillary Clinton, iran, iranian painters, Iranian Women, iranian women karate, islamic mysticism, Jamel Debbouze, Jury Prize, karate, Marjane Satrapi, Meaning of the Night, My Life, mysticism, Nasrin Dastan, painting, Persepolis, persian gulf, Seeking Signs of Literary Life in Iran, Sharnoush Parsipour, sufism, sunday times, Teach Peace Foundation, Tehran, tehran international book fair, Tuba, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, u.s. warships, watercolor, women, women's karate on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
I hope you are enjoying the summer. As you were busy reading the previous window, I was traveling some more, this time to Chicago for a workshop and a book signing. Let me welcome you to window 31 without further ado:
The two-day conference in Chicago was dedicated mostly discussing the subject of Sufism (the [...]
