The Beloved is my eternal sun And I, the lover, like a planet run In orbit round him and when springtime comes And branches ...

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 ...

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. The ...

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 ...

At House of Wisdom, we are honouring Rumi with an exhibition that tells his story in a new light while bringing his poetry and works to life like never before.” Returning to Konya after his ...

Another significant exhibit is the Divan-e Sultan Walad, a collection of poetry written by Rumi’s son, Sultan Walad, in 768 AH (1390 AD). Housed at the Mevlâna Museum, the manuscript features a ...