Diverse elements of Chinese culture and civilization have influenced Persian literature, particularly Persian poetry. Many ...

And danced to the melodies of desire. O Rabab, singing minstrel of the dunes, Before your melodies my poor heart swoons You are desire’s spy, whispering sands The secrets of the heart are in ...

Please join us for a celebration of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, 13th century Persian poet, philosopher and Sufi mystic. Poetry, ...

It was on this journey that Rumi encountered the famous mystic Persian poet, Attar. When Attar saw Rumi walking behind his father he is believed to have said "Here comes a sea followed by an ocean." ...

While core acts of devotion take center stage, qasidas (Islamic odes) and devotional poetry serve as powerful complements, enriching the experience of Ramadan and deepening one’s spiritual reflections ...

I’ll meet you there." This timeless verse by the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi encapsulates the essence of love that transcends societal judgments and expectations. Love, as Rumi envisioned ...

Their latest production, “Woven Verses: Poetic Resistance & Resilience,” braids the past and present together via classical ...

Happy is the world with the Nowruz and with the Eid You are both my Eid and my Nowruz today” – Rumi (13th-century Persian poet) Although it is inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the ...

Textually, Awrang based his work on the poetry of the legendary 13th century Persian poet Rumi. The mural did not exist when “Divine Geometry” first opened in November, it was added weeks later.

Persian poets transformed the Chigil into a lasting emblem of elegance and charm, forever immortalized in their verses. Rumi, in Divan-i Shams (The Collected Poems of Shams), wrote: "What should ...