Dear All, I 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 [...]
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Windows on Iran 94
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Tehran, nuclear issue, Ahmadinejad, iran, nuclear, IAEA, music, Iranian Music, Windows on Iran, Fatemeh Keshavarz, iranian elections, u.s. propaganda, mousavi, Mir-Hossein Mousavi on September 29, 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 51
Posted in Uncategorized, iran, nuclear issue, u.s. media, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, film, politics, intellectuals, IAEA, human rights, cinema, science, NPT treaty, Tehran, Iranian Americans, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, women, women's rights, women's studies, U.N., u.s. propaganda, medicine, Windows on Iran, CASMII, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, feminist, Hollywood, iranian student movement, columbia university, Israel, Khorasan, sculpture, photography, Trita Parsi, christian science monitor, feminist movement, iranian feminist movement, u.n. weapons inspector, Behnaz Seyedi, waterfalls, south korea, seoul, inventors, surgery, International Federation of Inventors' Associations, Maryam Eslami, The Stone, Smadar Monsinos, Mahnaz Tamizi, pottery, Shlomo Ben-Ami, National Iranian American Council, Toledo International Center for Peace, Manouchehr Mottaki, European Union, Javier Solana, U.N. Security Council, sanctions, computers, germany, tagged Tehran, iran, women, u.s. media, women's rights, U.N., sanctions, National Iranian American Council, Trita Parsi, Iranian Women, Israel, art, feminism, Fatemeh Keshavarz, u.s. propaganda, photography, columbia university, Khorasan, sculpture, Treacherous Alliance: the Secret Dealings of Israel, Behnaz Seyedi, waterfall, inventors, south korea, seoul, surgery, International Federation of Inventors' Associations, Maryam Eslami, iranian constitution, women's movement, The Stone, Smadar Monsinos, Mahnaz Tamizi, pottery, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Toledo International Center for Peace, Manouchehr Mottaki, European Union, Javier Solana, U.N. Security Council, firefighter, doctors, olecranon, computers, germany on September 30, 2008 |
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 [...]
Windows on Iran 36
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 33
Posted in athletes, Azar Nafisi, books, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist, fencing, golfing, human rights, iran, Iranian Americans, Iranian Women, Iraq, iraq war, jasmine and stars: reading more than lolita in iran, kabul, kickboxing, kung fu, new orientalism, NPR, orientalism, rowing, skating, Taliban, Tehran, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, Windows on Iran, 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 |
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
