It’s the tag line, six words wafting just above a watery image of a mother and child up to their ankles in ocean, that captures the magic: “An Intimate Portrait of My Grandmother.” And mind you, this ...
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 ...
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 ...
PESHAWAR: Opened about four months ago on Nasir Bagh road, ‘Rumi Spot’ is fast attracting young visitors, seeking spiritual solace and sharpening taste of reading books on mysticism. It is a private ...
The Spiritual Verses: Masnavi-ye Ma'navi, Book 1, by Jalaloddin Rumi, translated by Alan Williams, read by Anton Lesser (5hrs abridged, Naxos, £16.99) This is the 800th anniversary of the birth of the ...
It’s‌ ‌not‌ ‌every‌ ‌day‌ ‌that‌ ‌the‌ ‌sages‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌Talmud‌ ‌and‌ ‌the‌ ‌ancient‌ ‌Persian‌ ‌poet,‌ ‌Rumi,‌ ‌cross‌ ‌paths.‌ That’s‌ ‌why‌ ‌I‌ ‌was‌ ‌so ...