“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 ...

Rumi was born to native Persian-speaking parents on the Eastern shores of the then Persian Empire on September 30, 1207, in the city of Balkh which is now part of Afghanistan, and finally settled in ...

(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 ...

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 ...

This Saturday, Rumi's Caravan performs at the Glaser Center in Santa Rosa, with poetry at the heart of the event. What: Rumi's Caravan - poetry, music and dance. When: Performances at 2 and 7 p.m.

Arriving in New York City at the age of 19 to study music, Hafez Nazeri knew he wanted to do big things. Now, little more than a decade later, the young Iranian classical composer is riding high with ...