Then they search. 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 ...

Rumi conceived of music, poetry and dancing as a way to get closer to God. It was from these ideas he founded the order of the Mevlevi, the "whirling" dervishes, and created the Sema, their sacred ...

The exhibit, running through April 13, explores the Wadsworth’s Islamic arts collection and features geometric patterns and ...

Rumi’s poetry often speaks of love as a spiritual awakening, a force that liberates and transforms. His concept of the field—a space where human judgments dissolve—invites us to reconsider ...

The poetry of Rumi impacted Muslim thoughts to a great extant though his powerful Persian poems later rendered in several world languages including English, Urdu and Pashto and changed its course ...