Chatham, N.Y. -- Rumi's poetry needs no formal introduction -- you can feel it in the soles of your feet. Robin Becker, a professional dancer who has been in step with Rumi's 13th-century Persian ...

Sufism, is recognized as the mystical branch of Islam, and is often called the "science of the heart." Rumi’s path, which later on became the Mevlevi Order (or Whirling Dervishes), is built on three ...

UGA poet Coleman Barks, celebrated for his own work and for bringing Rumi’s poetry to modern audiences, died in Athens surrounded by his family at age 88.

“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 ...

The poet and writer Coleman Barks died last month at the age of 88. He was well known for his translations of the works of the 13th-century Persian mystic poet Jalaluddin Rumi. Coleman Barks even ...

(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 ...

Eight centuries after the birth of the famed Persian poet and mystic, the tussle for the cultural legacy of Jalal al-Din Mohammad Balkhi, better known as Rumi, just won't die. Afghanistan, Iran, and ...

On May 2, 1977, Coleman Barks dreamed he was sleeping on a bluff above the Tennessee River when a ball of light rose off an island across from where he was sitting. In the dream, Barks woke up. The ...

The possible nod to the 13th century poet makes a powerful name for the newborn. By Sadie Bell, Billboard Since Jay Z and Beyoncé got Rumi and Sir trademarked following the birth of their twins, fans ...