tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post7727866701557498822..comments2023-10-19T13:49:15.915+03:30Comments on View from Iran: Liberal Islam...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092236941440210165noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-5916897524975519572007-10-01T01:30:00.000+03:302007-10-01T01:30:00.000+03:30lollolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092236941440210165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-28357070360097007672007-09-30T21:51:00.000+03:302007-09-30T21:51:00.000+03:30I neglected to mention that, in my dream of playin...I neglected to mention that, in my dream of playing saxophone in a public square on Allameh Tabatabaii Street in Tehran, I was naked. This should preserve the separation of my dream and any possible reality of others. :D<BR/>ronAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-42888530790769357992007-09-20T13:26:00.000+03:302007-09-20T13:26:00.000+03:30Ron, While we were there a group of Dutch musician...Ron, While we were there a group of Dutch musicians did just that. Your dream is another's reality.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092236941440210165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-48247283314499565282007-09-20T02:00:00.000+03:302007-09-20T02:00:00.000+03:30I guess Iranians really say "khab didam ke...I guess Iranians really say "khab didam ke...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-19556253452043485142007-09-19T15:54:00.000+03:302007-09-19T15:54:00.000+03:30khiyaban, that is...Truly yours,Ronkhiyaban, that is...<BR/>Truly yours,<BR/>RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-31745689478957533332007-09-19T13:06:00.000+03:302007-09-19T13:06:00.000+03:30yek khab ra daram ke man nazdike meydan dar khyiab...yek khab ra daram ke man nazdike meydan dar khyiabane Allameh Tabatabaii saxophone ye man minavazam ba kolaham ruye zamin baraye khurde rahgozaran. enshallahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-13221882212329582532007-09-18T12:52:00.000+03:302007-09-18T12:52:00.000+03:30Ron, Thanks for your nice comment. What Thomas Erd...Ron, Thanks for your nice comment. What Thomas Erdbrink meant is this: most people do not spend the time necessary to get to know Iranian society and culture, yet they still act like experts. I have to tell you that I met people who did not speak one word of Farsi who claimed to thoroughly understand Iranian society. <BR/><BR/>Thomas has invested a lot of time into getting to know Iran and has had to deal with a lot more "experts" than I had to. It does get tiring.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092236941440210165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-81576548152732818952007-09-17T22:29:00.000+03:302007-09-17T22:29:00.000+03:30I missed your talk in Champaign, but I read the Ne...I missed your talk in Champaign, but I read the News-Gazette article about it and bought your book: Iran: View from Here. I appreciate what you have done in presenting a mainly accurate image of Iran and the Iranian people. This is so, because we have an industry in the US that pumps out novels and memoirs that project negative images of the country and its people. Add to this the raving of propagandists like Bill O'Reilly on Fox TV, and you have substantial filler for the gaps in anti-Iranian government propaganda.<BR/> I have one disagreement with your text, though. Your postscript (or introduction, depending on how you page through the book) by Erdbrink bases his remarks on the old canard that Iran and Iranians are nearly impossible to comprehend. Sociologically considered and in principle, this old saw is not true. The routine grounds of societal members' practical actions everywhere and always are situatedly enacted and discoverable by those who can see sociologically and know both Farsi and Iranian culture. There may be some sociological literature on this approach to Iranian studies that you might consult.<BR/> In conclusion, let me say that I am eagerly looking forward to the publication of your next book.<BR/>Truly yours,<BR/>Ron Hutchison<BR/>ron.hutchison@insightbb.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-26532908472000034852007-09-14T00:25:00.000+03:302007-09-14T00:25:00.000+03:30Thanks Jessica... not sure how that happened. I am...Thanks Jessica... not sure how that happened. I am changing the link now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092236941440210165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-81340438739079654502007-09-13T23:58:00.000+03:302007-09-13T23:58:00.000+03:30That link to the LA Times goes to an article on Ra...That link to the LA Times goes to an article on Rafsanjani's election. The correct link to the American Muslim in Cairo article is: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-salahudin2sep02,0,3712913.story?page=1&coll=la-home-center<BR/><BR/>Good wishes to you on Rosh HaShana.empanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13112368181975611227noreply@blogger.com