And then the others, they come for the poetry,” explained Celal Çelebi, a 23rd-generation descendent of Rumi and member of the family that has led the Mevlevi order in Konya for centuries.

December 17 marked the death anniversary of celebrated mystic poet Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi and even after 743 years after his death he is hugely popular among r.

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 ...

That’s the name of Beyonce’s child while, around the time of his marriage to Angelina Jolie, Pitt had a line from a Rumi poem tattooed on his upper arm. Where celebrities go, others follow.

The reed flute in this Persian painting from the late 1600s is a reference to Rumi's poem "The Reed Flute's Song." (Aga Khan Museum) 13th-century Persian poet Rumi is, almost 800 years later, as ...

After Rumi's death, his son founded the Mevlevi Sufi order, the whirling dervishes. Lovers of Rumi's poems comment on their power and meaning, including religious historian Huston Smith, ...