“Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside of you.” — Rumi A few months back, I got an apricot mini poodle. When meeting him for the first time, I gazed into his eyes and sensed a deep wisdom ...

Chatham, N.Y. -- Rumi's poetry needs no formal introduction -- you can feel it in the soles of your feet. Robin Becker, a professional dancer who has been in step with Rumi's 13th-century Persian ...

Rumi was a 13th-century Muslim, but he's the most downloaded poet in America. Now a Dallas chorus - with an Iranian composer and a Syrian digital artist - has created a rapturous version of Rumi's ...

The words “Rumi” and “Disney” may not seem to belong in the same sentence -- or even the same location. But they’ll be together Friday night, when Iranian composer Hafez Nazeri presents the world ...

TWO years ago I visited Nevin Halici, one of the most important Turkish food writers, at her home in Konya, Turkey, which is also the town where the famous 13th century Sufi poet Rumi spent most of ...

“Poetry is what gets lost in translation” — a cliché yet profound statement. This is certainly true when translating from one language to another. However, what if one translates languages beyond the ...

(RNS) — Some of Rumi’s best-known poems speak about uprootedness and the desire to relocate. Now they are helping refugee and US Muslim youth adjust. (RNS) — Friday (Sept. 30) is the 815th birthday of ...

ALBANY — A Jew, a Christian and a Muslim decide to compare their dreams. Advertisement Article continues below this ad That's not the first line of a joke but rather the subject of a teaching story ...

Three women sit around a table, heads bowed low over their writing pads. Every now and then one stops to talk about the words she has written and the poem that inspired it. Next to each is a copy of ...

Nowhere in the world is poetry more highly valued than in Iran, so it is not surprising that the singing of poetry is central to Persian musical culture. Furthermore, the values of music and dance are ...