Dear All,
I hope you have had a great summer. Here at Washington University in St. Louis, we are gearing up for another lively academic year. I have a wonderful piece of news for those of you who have enjoyed these windows, shared them with friends, or taken them to your classroom, during the past two [...]
Posts Tagged ‘u.s. media’
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 51
Posted in Behnaz Seyedi, CASMII, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, European Union, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Hollywood, IAEA, International Federation of Inventors' Associations, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, Israel, Javier Solana, Khorasan, Mahnaz Tamizi, Manouchehr Mottaki, Maryam Eslami, NPT treaty, National Iranian American Council, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Smadar Monsinos, Tehran, The Stone, Toledo International Center for Peace, Trita Parsi, U.N., U.N. Security Council, Windows on Iran, christian science monitor, cinema, columbia university, computers, feminism, feminist, feminist movement, film, germany, human rights, intellectuals, inventors, iran, iranian feminist movement, iranian student movement, medicine, nuclear issue, photography, politics, pottery, sanctions, science, sculpture, seoul, south korea, surgery, u.n. weapons inspector, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, waterfalls, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged art, Behnaz Seyedi, columbia university, computers, doctors, European Union, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, firefighter, germany, International Federation of Inventors' Associations, inventors, iran, iranian constitution, Iranian Women, Israel, Javier Solana, Khorasan, Mahnaz Tamizi, Manouchehr Mottaki, Maryam Eslami, National Iranian American Council, olecranon, photography, pottery, sanctions, sculpture, seoul, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Smadar Monsinos, south korea, surgery, Tehran, The Stone, Toledo International Center for Peace, Treacherous Alliance: the Secret Dealings of Israel, Trita Parsi, U.N., U.N. Security Council, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, waterfall, women, women's movement, women's rights on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
I hope you are having a great summer. The St. Louis weather has been exceptionally cooperating — so far. For those of you who are experiencing a hot summer, I will start this window with a cooling visual delight from Iran:
Frozen Waterfall
* Last winter, in the province of Khorasan in North East of Iran, [...]
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 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 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 [...]
Windows on Iran 30
Posted in Defending Prisoners' Rights Society, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Fatemeh Rakeii, Haleh Esfandiari, International Society for Iranian Studies, Iranian American Cultural Society of the Midwest, Iranian Americans, Iranian Music, Iranian Women, Missouri Historical Society, Monika Jalili, Noorsaaz, Rumi, Songs of Love from Iran, Tehran, Windows on Iran, books, cannes film festival, elections, feminism, feminist, film, film festival, following muhammad, gardens, iran, kia rostami, kiarostami, maulana, mowlavi, painting, politics, polls, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, 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 | Leave a Comment »
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 unrest [...]
