International commemoration events for the 750th anniversary of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi began Thursday with the "Time for Union" march in the Turkish province of Konya. Mufti, local religious ...

Majida al-Roumi office's made an announcement that it was sponsoring the rehabilitation of the international road between Lebanon and Syria Majida al-Roumi office's made an announcement that it was ...

“Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, ...

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As part of the vibrant programme accompanying the ‘Rumi: 750 Years of Absence... Eight Centuries of Presence’ exhibition, running until 14 February, the House of Wisdom (HoW) in Sharjah hosted a panel ...

Dervishes pray during a "Seb-i Arus" ceremony at Abdi Ipekci Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, late Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, to mark the 734th anniversary of the death of Sufi mystic poet Rumi or Mevlana.

What you seek is seeking you, O brother, you are a mere thought and what is left of you is some skin and bones. This is how the Sufi poet and scholar Jalal El-Din El-Rumi perceived the world. Born ...

A new stage production aims to tell the Sufi poet’s story beyond his aphorisms – and challenge assumptions about Islam and the Middle East in the process He is everywhere and nowhere. The words of ...