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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘tourism’
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 |
Windows on Iran 30
Posted in books, cannes film festival, Defending Prisoners' Rights Society, elections, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Fatemeh Rakeii, feminism, feminist, film, film festival, following muhammad, gardens, Haleh Esfandiari, International Society for Iranian Studies, iran, Iranian American Cultural Society of the Midwest, Iranian Americans, Iranian Music, Iranian Women, kia rostami, kiarostami, maulana, Missouri Historical Society, Monika Jalili, mowlavi, Noorsaaz, painting, politics, polls, Rumi, Songs of Love from Iran, Tehran, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, Windows on Iran, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged Abbas Kiarostami, ABC News, abolition of gender discrimination, actresses, associated press, Cannes Fil Festival, carl ernst, carl w. ernst, CIA, cinema, coalition of women, contemporary iranian painter, covert operations, Defending Prisoners' Rights Society, Emaddedin Baghi, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Fatemeh Rakeii, film, Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporar, gender issues, Haleh Esfandiari, International Society for Iranian Studies, irainian music, iran, iran darrudi, Iranian American Cultural Society of the Midwest, iranian painters, Iranian Women, judith ernst, landscape, maulana, Missouri Historical Society, Monika Jalili, mowlavi, music, natural beauty, nature, Noorsaaz, persian music, pew, Reformist, regime change, Rumi, Songs of Love from Iran, Tehran, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. muslims, u.s. propaganda, women, women in politics on August 30, 2008 |
Dear All, I hope you are enjoying the beginning of the summer. St. Louis summers are beautifully green. They can be toasty and wet too. We are enjoying a bit of both at the moment. The news from Iran has both good and disturbing parts. Among the disturbing parts are further American action to create [...]
Windows on Iran 26
Posted in 300, Ahasuerus, alborz mountains, battle of Thermopylae, book of esther, books, botany, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, CASMII, CIA, civil society, cyrus, cyrus cylinder, Cyrus the Great, Eliz Sanasarian, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, Frank Miller, gardens, Greece, history, Hollywood, human rights, Hussain Alizadeh, Iranian Art, Iranian Music, Iranian Women, Isfahan, mount damavand, mountains, movie 300, nargis chalak, Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, painting, paragliding, Persian Empire, politics, protests, Ray Takeyh, Tehran, tourism, U.N., u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, vali nasr, Washington University in St. Louis, Windows on Iran, women, women's rights, women's studies, xerxes, tagged 300, alborz mountains, Alice Bloch, Best Research Book on Women, books, British museum, british soldiers arrested by iran, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, CASMII, CIA, contemporary iranian music, Council on Foreign Relations, covert operations in iran, cyrus, cyrus cylinder, Cyrus the Great, Eliz Sanasarian, esfahan, farvardin, fasl-e zanan, fasl-i zanan, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, feminist tribune, Frank Miller, gardens, Grammy Award, Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic, Hussain Alizadeh, iran, Iranian Americans, iranian feminist movement, Iranian Music, iranian musician, iranian painters, iranian pilot, iranian women's movement, Isfahan, Jens-e Dovom, Jens-i Dovom, Lisa Mullins, movie 300, nargis chalak, Nayereh Tohidi, Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, nowrouz, Nowruz, paragliding, Persian Empire, persian gulf, persian new year, photography, PRI, Ray Takeyh, sizdar bedar, Tehran, The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape, The Watching Heart: A Journey in Peace, The Women's Rights Movement in Iran: Mutiny, The World, tourism, translations, vali nasr, Washington University in St. Louis, What We Can Learn From Britain About Iran?, Windows on Iran, women, women's cultural center, women's rights, women's rights movement on August 22, 2008 |
Dear All, Yes, we missed a window altogether! The semester is coming to an end with lots of activity including course preparations, visits by the last speakers of the academic year, departmental duties, etc. My friend Alice Bloch and I had a repeat performance of “The Watching Heart: A Journey in Peace,” our Dance/Reading for [...]
Windows on Iran 20
Posted in cinema, civil society, contemporary iranian poetry, contemporary persian poetry, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, film, Forough Farrokhzad, francis fukuyama, IAEA, iran, Iranian Art, Iranian Poetry, Iranian Women, Iraq, iraq war, kish island, malls, NPT treaty, nuclear issue, politics, robert dreyfuss, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged cinema, nuclear issue, Persian Poetry, iran, nuclear, women, film, Forough Farrokhzad, tourism, diplomacy, Iranian Women, documentary, WMD, attack iran, feminist, feminism, Fatemeh Keshavarz, contemporary persian poetry, unesco, Shabab golchin, love, northern iran, unesco photo competition, poor areas of iran, kish island, modern iran, popular tourist attractions in iran, demonize iran, demonization of iran, iraq war, robert dreyfuss, ahmet karamustafa, Fukuyama, francis fukuyama, javdaneh, the eternal forough, another birth, let us have faith in the beginning of the cold season on August 17, 2008 |
Dear All, We have cause for celeberation! I know, it seems strange, but I have my reasons. First, this is the 20th window! We have lasted this long. I don’t know how I have managed but here it is. Perhaps mostly because you have been cheering me on (even though I don’t get to write [...]
Windows on Iran 14
Posted in A few days later, cinema, civil society, education, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, film, gardens, human rights, iran, Iranian Art, iranian book fair, Iranian Poetry, Iranian Women, Isfahan, nikki karimi, nobel prize, Orhan Pamuk, politics, religion, Tahmineh Milani, tehran international book fair, tourism, universities, Washington University in St. Louis, women, yazd, tagged A few days later, ACLU, Behrooz Ghamari, cinema, cleric, co-ed education, education, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, film, India, iran, iranian book fair, iranian cinema, iranian universities, Iranian Women, Isfahan, Italian Film Festival, Javed Akhtar, Lancet Medical Journal, Mostafa Tabatabainejad, nikki karimi, nobel prize, Orhan Pamuk, Peter Eliasberg, religious leaders iran, Shabana Azmi, Tahmineh Milani, taser, Tehran, tehran international book fair, tourism, Turkey, UCLA, universities iran, Washington University, Washington University in St. Louis, women university students, yazd on August 14, 2008 |
Dear All, Greetings! I hope you all had a very nice Thanksgiving. Mine was extended by the snow storm that followed the holidays. Many people in Missouri suffered extensive power outage late last week. My family were to get it back on Sunday. There were close to 200,000 people still without power as of this [...]
Windows on Iran 10
Posted in Book of Kings, books, calligraphy, cinema, civil society, Ferdowsi, Firdowsi, history, intellectuals, iran, Iranian Americans, Iranian Architecture, Iranian Art, Iranian Music, Iranian Poetry, Iranian Women, Isfahan, Lily Afshar, literature, oil painting, Persian Empire, politics, Rumi, Setar, Shahnameh, tourism, tagged Adel Younesi, Ahmad Shamlu, arts, Azizollah Hamidnejad, Boston Conservatory, calligraphy, cinema, classical music, Cologne Film Festival, contemporary iranian music, diplomacy, Ferdowsi, film, Firdowsi, Forough Farrokhzad, Friday Evening, From Darkness, Ghazal, guitar, Hafez, history, Houshang Ebtehaj, Iranian Art, Iranian Poetry, Iranian President, Iranian Women, Isfahan, Lily Afshar, Mona Zandi, Mountain Film Festival, Naqshe Jahan Square, National Iranian American Council, new poetry, NIAC, nuclear, oil painting, Omar Khayyam, Persian Poetry, politics, Reformist, Rumi, Sa'di, Sayeh, Setar, Shahnameh, Tears of Cold, Tegernsee, The Book of Kings, tourism, Trita Parsi, University of Memphis on August 10, 2008 |
Greetings everyone, I hope you have all had a great weekend. Many thanks for all your kind notes and for joining the listserv. I received enthusiastic comments about the calligraphy exhibit that I sent in window number 9. I am glad you enjoyed them and will keep an eye open from more calligraphic works I [...]
Windows on Iran 7
Posted in iran, Iranian Music, Iranian Poetry, nuclear issue, Iranian Food, u.s. media, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, books, film, religion, education, intellectuals, 1979 Revolution, cinema, science, tourism, Arian Band, Tabriz, cooking, string theory, NPT treaty, tagged Ahmadinejad, nuclear, IAEA, u.s. media, 1979 Revolution, arts, Bush, U.N., Khatami, Axis of Evil, Dialogue of Civilizations, u.s. foreign policy, NPT treaty, Chavez, oil, Saudi Arabia, Nima Arkani, Nima Arkani Hamed, Harvard, string theory, Persian Cooking for a Healthy Kitchen, food, Batmanglij, New Food for Life, Silk Road Cooking, tourism, hotels, Azerbaijan, Tabriz, music, Iranian Symphony Orchestra, Iranian rock, Iran pop music, Iran rock music, Arian Band, Nadimeh Abdollahi, Sahar Seyedi, Miranda Ansari, women musicians, contemporary iranian music on August 7, 2008 |
Hi Everyone! I hope you have all had a very good weekend. It looks like Monday nights is going to be a more likely night to send out the windows. Many thanks for all your words of encouragement and for placing interested friends, relatives, and colleagues on the list. This is a drop in the [...]
