Rumis famous line from A Great Wagon resonates centuries later because it captures emotions that remain deeply human, love, heartbreak, distance and the desire for peace beyond conflict. The poem ...

“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 ...

'I want to create a revolution with love,' says Nazeri 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, ...

Though his English-only translations of the Sufi poet Jelaluddin Rumi (1207–1273) have sold hundreds of thousands of copies, Barks is anything but celebratory in his preface to this new collection: "I ...

Rumi, trans. from the Persian by Brad Gooch and Maryam Mortaz. Everyman’s Library, $14.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-101-90810-5 With millions of copies of the 13th-century Sufi mystic poet’s work sold ...

How wonderful it is that Rumi, the 13th-century Muslim versifier, has become the best-selling poet in the United States! He might enjoy knowing that Trump’s America is snapping up translations of his ...

(RNS) — Omid Safi's new book 'Radical Love' offers a reminder to Muslims and non-Muslims alike: You can't divorce Rumi's mystical poetry from Islam. (RNS) — Omid Safi’s latest project was a labor of ...

Rumi, whose full name is Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, was a Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic who lived in the 13th century. His work has had an impact on people all over the world, in all ...

(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 ...

Jalāl ud-Dīn Rūmī — one of the most sublime poets in world literature — lived in Konya, in what is now central Turkey, in the 13th century CE. Many Americans who recognize his name became familiar ...