Mehr 8 in the Iranian calendar is considered a significant cultural event for Iranians to commemorate the prominent Iranian poet Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi who needs no introduction when it comes to ...

Rumi, trans. from the Persian by Brad Gooch and Maryam Mortaz. Everyman’s Library, $14.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-101-90810-5 With millions of copies of the 13th-century Sufi mystic poet’s work sold ...

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13th-century Persian poet Rumi is, almost 800 years later, as big as he's ever been. His words are everywhere: featured on Coldplay songs, inked on Brad Pitt's bicep, omnipresent on Twitter and ...

with a wise and poetic saying from the famed Sufi poet Rumi. According to many accounts, Rumi became the best-selling poet in the English language in the 1990’s, continuing onto today. Today, his ...

My father recited Rumi to me as I grew up. I finally chose to listen. By Melody Moezzi Ms. Moezzi is a writer and activist. Five years ago, in an act of creative desperation, I decided to immerse ...