Dear All, I 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 [...]
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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 |
Windows on Iran 52
Posted in iran, Iranian Music, Iranian Poetry, nuclear issue, u.s. media, Iranian Art, books, politics, history, Jews, IAEA, human rights, shiraz, Isfahan, NPT treaty, Tehran, sports, Iranian Americans, Setar, Rumi, painting, Fatemeh Keshavarz, contemporary iranian poetry, contemporary persian poetry, U.N., mowlavi, u.s. propaganda, Windows on Iran, maulana, maz jobrani, Axis of Evil, jewish, athletes, holocaust, Israel, music, Ahmadinejad, National Iranian American Council, European Union, sanctions, shiraz university, poetry, Iranians For Peace, IFP, st. louis post dispatch, A 21st-century warning from a 13th-century poet, Sa'di, counterpunch, leila zand, voices of peace, trade, Omid Safi, Arsalan Kazemi, basketball, NCAA, Iranian basketball, MSNBC, Iranian Basketball team, Francis Boyle, seymour hersh, Iman Maleki, false flag operation, persian culture, art, tar, oud, ud, ney, tagged Ahmadinejad, painting, iran, u.s. media, Jews, Setar, Omid Safi, U.N., Isfahan, Axis of Evil, music, sanctions, Iranian Americans, Rumi, Sa'di, Iman Maleki, Israel, art, Fatemeh Keshavarz, holocaust, counterpunch, mowlavi, poetry, maulana, maz jobrani, u.s. propaganda, hostage situation, esfahan, sports, persian culture, seymour hersh, shiraz university, Iranians For Peace, IFP, st. louis post dispatch, A 21st-century warning from a 13th-century poet, leila zand, voices of peace, trade, Arsalan Kazemi, basketball, NCAA, Iranian basketball, MSNBC, Iranian Basketball team, Francis Boyle, false flag operation, tar, ney, oud, ud, traditonal iranian music, traditional persian music, instruments, american women's softball team on October 2, 2008 |
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 [...]
Windows on Iran 47
Posted in Admiral William Fallon, afghanistan, calligraphy, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, CASMII, Cherbourg, Ehsan Yarshater, Encyclopedia Iranica, eygpt, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, feminist movement, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN, france, hafsin, haftsin, history, holidays, human rights, IAEA, iran, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, iranian feminist movement, Iranian Food, Iranian Women, Iraq, iraq war, Japan Focus, joint chiefs of staff, kurdish, Kurds, mehrangiz kar, michael klare, nie report, nobel peace prize, nobel prize, nouruz, nowrouz, Nowruz, NPT treaty, nuclear issue, oil, Persian Empire, persian gulf, persian new year, photography, politics, President Sarkozy, religion, Shirin Ebadi, submarines, suez canal, Tabriz, the nation, U.N., u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, US Treasury Department, Windows on Iran, women, women's rights, women's studies, Zoroastrianism, tagged Admiral William Fallon, art, Bush, Cherbourg, dick cheney, egypt, Ehsan Yarshater, Encyclopedia Iranica, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN, france, hafsin, haftsin, iran, Japan Focus, love, mehrangiz kar, michael klare, nie report, nobel peace prize, nouruz, nowrouz, nuclear, nuclear issue, painting, persian culture, persian gulf, photography, President Sarkozy, Sepideh Farzam, Shirin Ebadi, submarines, suez canal, Tabriz, the nation, US Treasury Department, women's rights, women's rights movement on September 27, 2008 |
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 [...]
Windows on 40
Posted in Uncategorized, iran, nuclear issue, u.s. media, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, intellectuals, IAEA, tourism, NPT treaty, Tehran, Iranian Americans, Lily Afshar, Setar, Washington University in St. Louis, painting, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, universities, women, women's rights, women's studies, WMD, U.N., u.s. propaganda, Windows on Iran, feminist, mahan isfahani, mahan esfahani, Immanuel Wallerstein, John Abizaid, Mansoureh Panahgar, columbia university, lonely planet, San Jose State University, motti lerner, Mahmoud Karimi-Hakkak, Israel, harpsichord, music, tagged Tehran, nuclear issue, Ahmadinejad, painting, iran, nuclear, Setar, Axis of Evil, tourism, music, women musicians, Omid Kordestani, Iranian Americans, Lily Afshar, guitar, Israel, art, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Washington University in St. Louis, muslim, iranian american, jew, columbia university, persian culture, San Jose State University, Motti Learner, Mahmoud Karimi-Hakkak, Benedictus, lonely planet guide book, Talare Vahdat, harpsichord, mahan isfahani, Immanuel Wallerstein, John Abizaid, Mansoureh Panahgar on September 13, 2008 |
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 [...]
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Posted in afghanistan, columbus dispatch, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, holocaust, iran, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Poetry, Iranian Women, islamic mysticism, jewish, Jews, mahtab abdullahi, maulana, mowlavi, mysticism, painting, politics, rabbis, religion, Rumi, soap operas, sufism, synagogues, Teach Peace Foundation, Tehran, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, Windows on Iran, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged art, columbus dispatch, Fatemeh Keshavarz, france, holocaust, iran, iranian soap opera, iranian-palestinian, islam, jew, jewish, Jews, mahtab abdullahi, maulana, mowlavi, National Iranian American Council, painting, Rumi, Shahab Husseini, soap opera, synagogue, synagogues iran, synagogues tehran, Teach Peace Foundation, Wall Street Journal, Windows on Iran, zero degree turn on September 12, 2008 |
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 [...]
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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 31
Posted in 1979 Revolution, Admiral William Fallon, Azaseh Moaveni, bill clinto, books, bookstores, cannes film festival, cinema, civil society, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, film, film festival, Hillary Clinton, history, intellectuals, iran, Iranian Art, iranian book fair, Iranian Women, islamic mysticism, joint chiefs of staff, karate, literature, Marjane Satrapi, mysticism, Nasrin Dastan, painting, Pegah bookstore, Persepolis, Sharnoush Parsipour, sports, sufism, sunday times, Tehran, tehran international book fair, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, watercolor, Windows on Iran, 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 |
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 [...]
