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 ...

Aga Khan Museum's Rumi show looks at why the Sufi mystic is still so beloved today "What do we know about this person and how did we get to this point where he's become a global icon?" says museum ...

Whether it's about God or the pangs of earthly love, the poetry of Rumi is often startlingly modern, partly due to those who have translated his poems from 13th century Persian into many of the ...

This weekend, for four performances only, Angelenos have the opportunity to check out a rare theatrical event. Rumi, an intriguing new revue based on the writings of 13th-century Persian poet and ...

During the last decades of his life, the Persian poet Rumi was surrounded by news of terrorism, just as we are eight centuries later. Those were the days of Mongol invasions that swept past the ...

In two different studio sessions, musicians Ros Bandt, Raziye Salari and Khalil Gudaz set the words of 13th century Persian poet Rumi to music. Iranian Raziye Salari recites poems with improvised ...

On May 2, 1977, Coleman Barks dreamed he was sleeping on a bluff above the Tennessee River when a ball of light rose off an island across from where he was sitting. In the dream, Barks woke up. The ...

Long-awaited animated feature “Lamya’s Poem” has unveiled its first trailer. Alex Kronemer’s Rumi-inspired film about a Syrian refugee girl named Lamya was one of the hot competition titles at the ...

Ever since Beyoncé posted a record-breaking Instagram announcement that she was pregnant with twins, the Beyhive has been abuzz with speculation. Would the newest additions to the Knowles-Carter ...