You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The screenwriter of "Gladiator," David Franzoni, is beginning work on a biopic about 13th-century ...

“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, ...

At a busy subway station in central Tehran, an excerpt from an iconic Persian poem from 13th century poet and mystic Jalaluddin al-Rumi greets travelers as they hop on and off, bringing smiles to ...

A new city walk through Cairo's Gamaliya district takes culture enthusiasts to the Samaakhana, where followers of Rumi's Sufi sect once performed their hypnotic dances We are standing in a circular, ...

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 ...

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 ...

ANKARA: Turkey has been marking the death anniversary of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi -- a 13th century Sufi mystic, poet and Islamic scholar -- every year between Dec. 7-17. Born into a Turkic family ...

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 ...